Preparing his youth team to woo youngistan of Punjab, the State Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh met his team of captains. Nothing less than 1200 “captains” from across 22 districts of Punjab met their captain — the Maharaja of Patiala.
This army of youngsters, popularly called as college and city captains of their district, pledged their support Capt Amarinder and his vision for Punjab. At an event, organised by poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s team I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee), these youngsters discussed ideas on how they could participate and contribute to Capt Amarinder Singh’s campaign for Punjab assembly polls, scheduled to be held early next year.
During the three-hour event, the thousand-plus “captains” underwent training module on various outreach mechanism for Capt Amarinder. The training was conducted by I-PAC’s outreach and digital media team. Besides, issues concerning youth were also discussed and Capt Amarinder’s advice on the same was sought.
“Youth will play a crucial role in deciding the political discourse. It is overwhelming to see such support from youngsters like you. I will not let you down or stop until I re-instil faith in the system among the youth of Punjab,” said Capt Amarinder, while speaking to the students.
The youngsters were seen clicking selfies with Capt Amarinder and wearing t-shirts with the logo ‘Punjab Da Captain’. Responding to a query on youth in electoral politics, Capt Amarinder said: “Both the party leadership and I have always supported more representation of youth in electoral politics. This time too, I expect youth to represent more than 35-40 per cent of Congress candidates.”
More than 1000 college captains from 22 districts were part of the event. Certificates of appreciation were distributed to all. During the month of March and April, team I-PAC had reached out to various colleges across Punjab in the backdrop of ‘Coffee With Captain’ events, where youngsters had expressed interest to be part of Capt Amarinder Singh’s team. , some youth members also expressed interest through campaign’s Facebook Page - Punjab Da Captain. and city captains will now be strategically integrated into various modules and will be part of campaign events in their districts, along with doubling up as Captain Amarinder Singh’s digital army.