YC revamp for UP poll

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JUNE 28. In view of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh due next year, the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has planned a major revamping exercise in the Pradesh Youth Congress as also in the district and block units of the State.

``The idea is to give the Pradesh Youth Congress a new look by appointing young people, below 30 years, as office-bearers,'' the IYC(I) president, Mr. Randeep Singh Surjewala, said. The exercise, he added, would be over by July 10.

Calling upon the office-bearers of the Pradesh Youth Congress either to ``function or perish'', Mr. Surjewala warned that otherwise ``90 per cent of them will be given the marching orders''.

Mr. Surjewala said that a team of 45 IYC observers were deputed to go around all the 68 districts and 405 Assembly constituencies of the State last month with a questionnaire to get a feedback on various issues, including the popular perception of the block and district level workers and the nature of work they had done.

``The objective was to give senior Congressmen a feedback about the ground realities as elections are due next year,'' he said. This exercise was completed by June 20. ``After a thorough analysis, a final report will be presented to the AICC(I) General Secretaries, Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad and Mr. Oscar Fernandes.''

Initial feedback suggests that much work needs to be done in so far as the Congress is concerned if it was serious about winning the Assembly elections. ``People are fed up with the politics of caste and religion and if there was a viable, credible alternative, the voters can give a severe jolt to all parties, including the Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and even the Bharatiya Janata Party,'' Mr. Surjewala said.

Another interesting point that has emerged is that developmental politics was becoming important at the district and block levels. ``Any party that can commit itself to development stands a good chance of winning the elections,'' he said.

While a comprehensive report on the IYC observers' visit will be ready by July 5 and the revamping exercise over by July 10, the IYC has decided to take out a ``Sankalp Yatra'' in U.P. sometimes during September.

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