With the major “faces” of the party, including the newly-elected president Mallikarjun Kharge hailing from southern India, a revamp of the party organisation is on the cards to give equal weightage to leaders from the cow belt in Kharge’s new team.
AICC sources said Kharge is gearing up for a full revamp based on the blueprint of the Udaipur Declaration conducted in May this year and is keeping in mind three major elements: Organisation, communication, and resources.
To revive the party’s moribund organisation, the Congress is set to form six new departments for election management and training, etc. The party has also decided to form a Public Insight Department and ensure that 50 per cent of office bearers in the entire organisation are below the age of 50.
As of now Kharge, AICC General Secretary Incharge of Organisation K C Venugopal, AICC General Secretary Incharge of Communications Jairam Ramesh, and Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas BV all hail from the southern States.
Others hailing from southern States and holding important positions within the party are Manickam Tagore (Steering Committee member and a close confidante of Rahul Gandhi), former Defence Minister AK Antony (heading the disciplinary committee), and former Union Minister P Chidambaram who is all set to take over as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha after Kharge’s elevation as the party’s president.
A general secretary of the party hailing from the Hindi belt said a formula is being readied which would give important positions in the party to leaders like Sachin Pilot, Tariq Anwar, Harish Rawat, Ajay Maken, Randeep Surjewala, Depender Hooda among others for a proper representation from north India.
“We will shed the decrepit traditional strategy and rather apply an aggressive strategy and will involve similar kinds of people in the sphere of elections. New faces, new ideas, latest technology with newer methods are on the anvil,” a general secretary told The Pioneer.
Further, an AICC plenary session is being mulled after the Bharat Jodo Yatra ends in February 2023. Kharge, on his part, has asked for detailed reports about the performance of each state unit, department, and frontal organisations of the party. Also, instructions have been given to keep day-to-day documentation of each and every activity in the Pradesh Committees.