Congress tried again

After a three-day brainstorming organized by the Congress to oversee efforts to revive its electoral prospects, the party put forward some major reforms. One of them is a family-one-ticket scheme which warns that relatives of politicians wishing to contest elections will have to work for at least five years, 50% representation for those under 50, and five years. Term limit of one year for those holding all the posts. For structural reforms, an advisory group is to be appointed from within its working committee to assist the party president on policy and organizational matters.

Other initiatives were also announced at the huddle held in Udaipur, Rajasthan, such as a Ground Connect campaign to bring the party in better touch with the Indian electorate. But overall, these moves seem too minor for the party’s existential crisis. Similar efforts have been made in the past, with little effect on their ability to hold votes. As a formation that is almost a century older than the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress must clearly have its purpose of existence institutionalized enough to remain relevant in Indian democracy, which if it fails to revive itself. , then he will remain poorer.

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