‘50% under 50 from block to CWC’ set to result in main management revamp in Congress

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: With the Congress 50 per cent of office-bearers, together with the Congress Working Committee (CWC), being under the age group of fifty years, a serious overhaul within the get together’s highest decision-making physique and AICC committees and departments appears to be within the offing. The current common age of CWC members is 68 years with not even one particular person being under 50 years.  

The present CWC headed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi has 55 members – 21 essential members, 25 everlasting invitees and 9 particular invitees. Among the 21 essential members, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (50 years) is the youngest whereas Manmohan Singh (89) is the oldest.

Several younger get together leaders, who have been as soon as near Rahul Gandhi, have joined different events citing higher prospects. The outstanding ones embody Sushmita Dev, Jitin Prasada, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Pradyot Deb Barman amongst others. During his tenure as get together chief from December 2017-August 2019, Rahul had inducted younger leaders into varied committees and departments to make sure a youthful management profile.   

But now, amongst 25 everlasting invitees to the CWC, solely Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore (47 years) is under 50, and amongst particular invitees, solely three — Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda (43 years), National Students Union of India (NSUI) head Neeraj Kundan and Indian Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas (41 years) — are within the under-50 bracket.

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As the get together began the three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Udaipur, get together normal secretary Ajay Maken introduced that the get together is contemplating guaranteeing that fifty per cent of all office-bearers from the highest to backside shall be under 50 years of the age, protecting in thoughts the nation’s youths.

’50 under 50 from block to CWC’ is the time period coined by the committee on youth.  

An evaluation of different key committees and posts within the get together’s central workplace reveals {that a} main revamp must be carried out to implement this aim. The get together’s five-member Central Election Authority has just one particular person under the age of fifty – Kerala MP S Jothimani (47 years).

Among 9 normal secretaries within the Congress, none is under 50 years. Among state in-charges, there may be simply Telangana in-charge, Manickam Tagore (47), who falls on this class.

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In a number of AICC committees, the get together has constituted, former Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot (44 years) is a part of the group to look into future challenges whereas the publicity and publication wing has Milind Deora  (45 years). The information cell chief Parveen Chakravarty  (49 years), get together spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill (38 years) and social media cell head Rohan Gupta  (44 years) are different notable under-50-year-olds. There can also be former MP Meenakshi Natarajn (48 years) within the manifesto committee.