Congress chintan shivir: One family, one ticket, restoring parliamentary board, 3-yr spacing between office terms proposed

Revival of Congress Parliamentary Board (CPB), giving only one ticket per family, mandatory cooling-off period of three years for AICC, PCC and DCC office-bearers, completing their first full term of 3-4 years and retrenchment of Congress Committee panel The Udaipur Congress Chintan Shivar, to be held on May 13-15, will take, among others, these proposals prepared by the Congress Committee on Organizational Affairs to formulate an action plan to revive the party ahead of the 2024 elections.

The camp will be attended by 400 party representatives led by the Gandhi-Vadra-led party leadership. The one-family-one-ticket proposal, it seems, is in response to the BJP’s dynasticism, and speaks of pressure from within to address the youth’s growing fascination with the rising incidence of dynasty.

The camp will decide whether proposals are accepted or exceptions are made through discretionary powers to the leadership (as in the case of multiple criteria such as the one-man-a-post criterion). “The sure shot for implementing the one family-one-ticket proposal is for Sonia ji, Rahul ji and Priyanka ji to declare in Chintan Shivar that only one person from the Gandhi-Vadra family will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, whichever may be Let us see whether they will shoot or not”, a Congress leader said anonymously after the CWC meeting. Change seekers in Congress are pushing for revival of CPB.

Legal Guarantee for MSP:

The BS Hooda-led panel on farmers’ issue wants Shiver to pledge that a future Congress government will enact a central law for legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP), that too to calculate MSP “as per C2 formula”. In the Swaminathan Committee Report”, it is learned. The panel wants to make the purchase of agricultural products from the open market at less than the MSP rate “a punishable offence” and by protecting the domestic market interests of farmers at future export/import duty rates. wants to decide.

Alliance and anti-BJP fight

The Committee on Political Affairs, conceivably, proposes to make alliances, especially for the LS elections, with like-minded regional parties that agree on ideological and political matters and remain committed to the constitution. The panel thought it was best to stick to the core principles of the Congress for the party to succeed in its fight against the BJP-RSS.

Rahul effect

Some members of the CWC felt that beyond the Chintan Shivir, the best way to bring back the Congress is to “electrify” Congress members and supporters by “visiting Rahul Gandhi across India by addressing rallies”.

Time to repay party’s debt: Sonia

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday stressed the need for the party to unite in the upcoming Udaipur Chintan Shivir and reminded everyone that the time has come for party leaders to “pay their debt to the party”. Speaking at the CWC meeting, he made a categorical appeal to those seeking a change in the Congress, saying that criticism is fine, but it should not be to the extent of demoralizing the party. He hoped that Chinta Chivir would go beyond mere rituals. “I request your full cooperation in ensuring that the message that comes out clearly and clearly from Udaipur is one of unity, solidarity, determination and commitment for the speedy revival of our party,” she said. ”

Originally published at Pen 18