Congress Leaders Rahul Gandhi Revisits Crucial Query At Party Meet.

 

New Delhi: The old-time Congress guidelines of avoiding alcohol and utilizing khadi left some pink faces at Sonia Gandhi’s assembly with the occasion’s state chiefs on Tuesday.  Rahul Gandhi, who had raised the difficulty at the same gathering in 2007, spoke of it once more on the assembly, which was held for occasion membership drive sources stated.

Mr Gandhi adopted it up with a pointed query – “Who all here drinks?”

As some members regarded embarrassed, it was left to Navjot Sidhu to reply. “Most people in my state drink,” responded the cricketer-turned politician, with out going into specifics, sources stated.

Though accommodating this example required a change within the guidelines for membership  it couldn’t be finished in the meanwhile.

Rules like this may solely be modified by the working Committee – the best resolution making physique of the occasion – and the no consuming rule, relationship again from the times of Mahatma Gandhi, stays within the books. Rahul Gandhi had questioned the relevance and sensible facet of this rule in 2007 at a congress working committee.

For now, the rule has made its manner into the membership varieties for the occasion’s membership drive as a consequence of start on November 1 — forward of the following spherical of state polls.  

The occasion’s membership varieties record 10 factors as private declaration by folks eager to be members-abstention from alcohol and medicines is without doubt one of the factors. New members even have to present an enterprise to by no means criticise the occasion’s insurance policies and programmes in public boards.

Forms for becoming a member of the occasion might be accessible in each printed and digital varieties, senior occasion chief Randeep Surjewala advised the media after the assembly. “There will be training programmes across the country from the top to bottom for everyone,” he added.

“At the meeting, Rahul Gandhi said there has to be nationwide agitation at the grassroot level and this will be launched from the November 14,” Mr Surjewala stated.