Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur started a campaign titled #KickOffTheDream”  to show support to the Indian women's U 17 football team set to participate in the U17 FIFA women's world cup from Oct 11th. This is the first time that India is hosting this event.

I nominate @KirenRijiju ji @Neeraj_chopra1@ajaydevgn to join the #KickOffTheDream campaign and show support for our female footballers participating in FIFA #U17WWC World Cup for the first time.

Let every Indian join in and cheer for our girls!! pic.twitter.com/kE6IOr8bBo

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) October 9, 2022

In his message on twitter, Shri Anurag Thakur is seen inviting his cabinet colleague Shri Kiren Rijiju, Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and actor Ajay Devgn to take the challenge forward.

He also invites every Indian to watch the matches at the stadiums, scheduled in Goa, Mumbai and Bhuwaneshwar and also asks them to show their support by posting interesting videos of playing the football.

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