Team News Riveting
Udaipur, May 15
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Sunday gave its nod for several organisational reforms including ‘one man one post’ and ‘one family, one ticket’ with a rider while adopting the ‘Udaipur Nav Sankalp Declaration’.
As the party’s three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ concluded in Udaipur on Sunday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said, “Detailed recommendations of the organisation group that are not part of the Declaration will be acted upon expeditiously.”
“A task force will be set up to drive the process of internal reforms discussed in Udaipur. Reforms will cover all aspects of organisation. The composition of the task force to be notified in the next two to three days,” she added.
The ‘one family, one ticket’ rule that was given the nod comes with an exception for the second member of the family who has worked for the party for five or more years.
As part of the declaration, it was also announced that no person should hold one party position for more than five years while the CWC and all levels of the party will have 50 per cent of members aged below 50.
Among other recommendations by the party’s six panels that got CWC’s approval include, in the next 90 to 180 days, all vacancies across all party units will be filled up, mandal-level committees to be formed, public insight department for scientific feedback from the public to be set up, a national training institute to train party leaders and workers on various issues to be set up.
At AICC, a department for election management will be formed, and performance audit of office bearers across all levels to be carried out.
Also, it was decided that the party’s coordinator for North-eastern states to be made ex-officio permanent invitee to the CWC.
To mark the 75 years of India’s independence, the Congress will organise 75 km padyatras by district committees. Congress will launch a ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir beginning on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. The party will also launch the second phase of its ‘Jan Jagran Yatra’ at the district level from June 15, she announced.
