The youth wing of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) — Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) — on Monday launched its membership drive for the third round of organisation elections.
PYC president Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, along with State secretary in-charge Harish Chaudhary, PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa, and India Youth Congress secretary Anant Dhaiya released the membership forms to mark the launch of the drive — that would remain open till January 21, 2015. Chaudhary stated that the democratic process of constituting office bearers in the Youth Congress were started by Congress national vice president Rahul Gandhi in 2008 from Punjab which has successfully covered the entire country and the third round process have started from Punjab.
“Through this process, a large number of youngsters got the opportunity to participate in active politics throughout the country and helped creating youth leadership,” said Chaudhary. Giving due representation, two of the 13 lok Sabha constituencies —ludhiana and Faridkot — are reserved for SCs through draw for the 3rd round. “The new process of election will be completed by April 30 next,” he added. To promote membership, a mobile application (with IYC) has also been created.
Besides, PYC president and IYC secretary in-charge along with present office bearers will tour the entire state of Punjab to boost Youth Congress membership.