THIRUKKOILUR (VILLUPURAM): Nomination of leaders will soon become a thing of the past and leaders at all levels will hereafter be elected only through organisational elections.
The entire setup of the Youth Congress will henceforth be democratised from grassroots-level with fair representation of women, Scheduled Castes and minorities, according to Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of the All India Congress Committee.
He was addressing over 1,000 Youth Congress members drawn from the Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Chidambaram and Arani Lok Sabha constituencies here on Wednesday.
Mr. Gandhi said that during his tour, he found 65 per cent of the gathering to be youths. However, more number of elders were holding power. The Youth Congress respects elders but it was enjoined upon the latter to pave way for the youths to occupy positions.
Mr. Gandhi said that in the last Lok Sabha elections, three Youth Congress members had become Members of Parliament and more seats would be allotted to them in the next elections.
When a person said that there was no respite to the sufferings of Sri Lankan Tamils, Mr. Gandhi said AICC leader Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and himself were keenly taking up the cause of the Tamils not only in Sri Lanka but also in other parts of the world.
On whether the Congress would seek ministerial berths in the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led government in Tamil Nadu, Mr. Gandhi said that there were lot more things to concentrate upon. Mr. Gandhi underscored the need for harnessing the energy of the youth and the Youth Congress had embarked upon this endeavour.
At the ward-level, there would be five office-bearers and even if three of them worked sincerely, voters would be attracted to the party, he said.
Youth Congress sources said that the earlier three-tier organisational setup (panchayat, district and State) was abolished on August 13, 2009 and in its place a four-tier mechanism spanning panchayat wards, Assembly constituency, Lok Sabha constituency and State had been introduced.
The election process would get over in December 2010.
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