Kharge’s Congress eyeing the Udaipur Declaration; 3 Formula not yet applied, under-50’s share in decision making

Events say that Congress is not capable of change inside itself, how will it win the elections? Opposition events say that the Congress has neither a winnable candidate nor a face. Chintan Shivir was organized in Could 2022 to revive the Congress.

On this Chintan Shivir, a declaration was made to infuse life inside the Congress. The Congress had additionally talked about implementing the Udaipur Declaration in 80-190 days, nevertheless it has not been profitable.

Curiously, Mallikarjun Kharge has not yet applied the One Submit, One Individual method of Daypur Declaration on himself. In such a state of affairs, the debate inside the Congress has intensified as as to whether Udaipur’s Chintan Shivir was referred to as solely to overlook the defeat?

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What was in the Udaipur Declaration?
At the finish of Nav Chintan Sankalp Shivir, the Congress issued a 17-page manifesto. On this, details about political and organizational reshuffle was given. The Congress mentioned in the Udaipur Declaration that fifty % of the posts in the group could be given to leaders under the age of fifty.

Congress additionally talked about implementing the method of One Submit-One Individual. Aside from this, just one particular person from a household was requested to be given ticket. The Congress has additionally introduced to ship folks holding positions in the group to a cooling interval.

Together with filling the posts from the block to the state stage, Congress had introduced to type Political Knowledgeable Committee in all the states. The Congress had additionally referred to as it a method to revive the get together. 

The situation of Udaipur Declaration in Congress

No participation of individuals under 50 years of age in decision making- There are 5 massive posts in Congress, that are concerned in any strategic decision. This submit is – Nationwide President, Chairman of Congress Parliamentary Board, Treasurer, Media Head and Group Common Secretary.

80 years previous Mallikarjun Kharge is the President of Congress. 76-year-old Sonia Gandhi is at present the chairman of the Congress Parliamentary Board. Pawan Bansal has the duty of treasurer in addition to administrative departments. Bansal is 74 years previous.

69-year-old Jairam Ramesh is the chairman of the communication division, whereas 60-year-old KC Venugopal is the number-2 submit group basic secretary of the Congress. If we have a look at the common age of those 5 posts, it’s near 72.

The submit of in-charge/basic secretary can be occupied by elders- The submit of basic secretary/in-charge is taken into account necessary in the Congress group. The final secretary in-charge acts as a coordination between the state unit and the excessive command. 

From ticket distribution to deciding the face, the basic secretary in cost performs a giant position. The Congress excessive command does not take the basic secretary in cost of any state with out taking it into confidence.

Congress at present has 10 basic secretaries and 19 in-charges. 19 in-charge and the submit of basic secretary are additionally occupied by senior leaders. Oommen Chandy, 79 years previous, is the oldest nationwide basic secretary. Chandy holds the cost of Andhra. 

Priyanka Gandhi is the youngest basic secretary (51 years). 64-year-old Bhakta Charan Das has the cost of Manipur, Mizoram and Bihar. Equally, 74-year-old Pawan Bansal is in cost of the administrative departments together with the treasurer.

Inside the Congress, there may be speak of fixing the in-charge in 5 states together with Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bengal and Bihar. Nonetheless, there are much less possibilities of leaders under 50 getting a spot on these posts. 

The common age of Chief Ministers can be 66 years- Congress at present has authorities in 4 states. Lately, Congress has made 75 yr previous Siddaramaiah the chief minister in place of 61 yr previous DK Shivakumar in Karnataka. 

In Rajasthan too, 72-year-old Ashok Gehlot is holding the submit of Chief Minister. 45-year-old Sachin Pilot lagged behind Gehlot in the race. In Chhattisgarh, 61-year-old Bhupesh Baghel and in Himachal Pradesh, 59-year-old Sukhwinder Sukhi are the chief ministers.

Speaking about the common age of Congress Chief Ministers, it’s greater than 66 years. Speaking about BJP as in comparison with Congress, at current BJP has 10 Chief Ministers, whose common age is round 57 years.

The common age of chief ministers of one other nationwide get together AAP is 51 years. 

Udaipur Declaration not relevant right here too

Kharge himself is not accepting One Individual, One Submit- Congress had talked about implementing the method of One Submit, One Individual in the Udaipur Declaration. In response to this, an individual can maintain just one submit. 

In Madhya Pradesh, an train was additionally made to implement it by taking the submit of Chief of Opposition from Kamal Nath, however later it additionally went in chilly storage. Mallikarjun Kharge himself is occupying 2 posts for the final 8 months. 

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary additionally has 2 posts. Lately, DK Shivakumar has been made the Deputy Chief Minister in Karnataka, however the Congress has additionally talked about not eradicating him from the submit of State President. 

One household, one ticket method not applicable- In the Udaipur Declaration, the Congress had promised that ticket could be given to just one particular person from a household. This method additionally didn’t work in the current Karnataka elections. 

Congress has given ticket to Ramalinga Reddy from BTM structure of Bengaluru and his daughter Soumya from Jayanagar seat. Equally, KH Muniyappa was nominated from Devahanalli and his daughter Roopakala from Kolar Gold Fields.

The posts in the group are nonetheless vacant- The vacant posts of the group have not been crammed in states like Bengal, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bengal up to now. Contemporary appointments have been additionally to be held in the poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, that are on maintain.

The Congress had talked about filling the vacant posts inside 6 months in the Udaipur Declaration, which has not been accomplished.

After Shimla, Sonia had given command to the youth
After the Shimla session in 2003, Sonia Gandhi had given a giant duty to the youth. When the Congress authorities was shaped in Andhra, Sonia appointed 54-year-old Y.Ok. Rajasekhara Reddy was made the Chief Minister. Most of the prime posts in the group have been under-60 leaders.

In 2003, 54-year-old Ahmed Patel was Sonia Gandhi’s political advisor, which was thought-about the No. 2 place in the group. At the moment, Sonia Gandhi shaped a group of 12 leaders for strategic choices, which was referred to as Tremendous Cop. 

Sonia’s group had senior leaders like Arjun Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Motilal Vora, whereas junior leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Oscar Fernandes, Ahmed Patel have been additionally included. The common age of Sonia’s group at the moment was near 60.