Punjab Congress is now trying to increase its support base in the State through a separate cadre of volunteers. launching a separate cadre of volunteers in the party through ‘Jago Punjab lehar’ on Sunday, Punjab Congress Chief, Capt Amarinder Singh said that these volunteers will reach the masses in all the constituencies and play the role of a bridge between the masses and the party.
‘Jago Punjab lehar’ will be looked after by the NSUI and Youth Congress. Addressing a Press conference accompanying young leaders including Gobind Singh Khatra, Brinder Singh Dhillon etc, PPCC chief Amarinder Singh said that the volunteers will establish a dialogue with the people in all the constituencies.
He said that Punjab Congress will incorporate a specific chapter in its manifesto that will concentrate on constituency specific issues. He said that the main manifesto would have the state centric subject but it had been seen that there might be some constituency specific issues, which are otherwise ignored in the state manifesto.
Captain Amarinder said that Congress is setting up different wings to reach to the people at grassroot level. He added an Ex-service wing is already working on the lines of this volunteer’s forum. He said all the 117 constituencies will be covered by the volunteers and the constituency specific issues will be included in the manifesto on the basis of feedback of the people.
Replying a query on taking in volunteers from other parties in the volunteers forum, Captain said that if people from other parties want to come to Congress then he has no problem.
Talking about the Jago Punjab lehar, NSUI leader Gobind said that the registration of volunteers had been started and the youth wing was targeting to register 20 thousand volunteers in a month. He said that a target of registering 80-90 thousand volunteers has been set.
He said that the volunteers will carry those four oaths taken by the PPCC chief Amarinder Singh in the Badlav Rally to the masses.