Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) on Friday held a meeting in the leadership of JPCC Chief Rameshwar Oraon to chalk out strategy for its membership drive, which will start on January 14.
JPCC Spokesperson and the membership drive In-Charge, Alok Dubey informed that a state level membership drive programme will be launched on January, 14 in which the party will add new members not on the basis of quantity but on the basis of quality. The drive will be launched on first at the State Capital then it will be launched on division wise, he added.
“The membership drive will be launched in the presence of JPCC In –Charge, RPN Singh, JPCC Co In-Charge and Minister in Madhya Pradesh Government, Umang Sengar and JPCC Co-Ordinator, Ajay Sharma along with all Ministers and MLAs of the party,” said Dubey.
Membership Drive In-Charge Alok Dubey further informed that the party is 135 years old and with an aim to boost its hold it run membership drive in regular interval. “The party adds new and old faces in the party fold and by bringing youths, it constructs an energetic association. On the cost of Rs five the party will add new member by issuing a membership form. Would be member have to file the form and pay Rs five to become member of the party,” he added.
“The party will also hold membership camp to add new members at remote areas in the State. The drive will also launch at districts level. In this regard a meeting will also be held in January in which the district presidents will be present and strategy will be chalked out to run the drive on district level in each districts,” said Dubey.
As per the instructions of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the membership campaign of the party has started in other states of the country, but in view of the Assembly Elections, it not started in Jharkhand. Dubey said that the party will run membership drive in its old traditional pattern by directly communicating with the public and filling the membership form, not through a missed call. Through the membership drive, we also communicate directly with the public and make them members in the party with the policies and principles of the Congress, he added.
Dubey informed that in the last year 2015-18, about five and a half lakh primary members and about one lakh active members were made. “This time, the target will be to create more members than in the previous year. Membership campaign will be run for about five months. After the process of membership campaign, the process of election of the organisation will be started as per the instructions of AICC,” he added.