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Cong adds 2.6 cr new members in digital membership drive

The Congress has added 2.6 crore new members in its digital membership drive that ended on Friday, with party chief Sonia Gandhi enrolling herself as part of the initiative. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh became a digital member of the party on Thursday while former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was one of the first leaders to be enrolled as a digital member on the first day of the drive on November 1. Unlike previous years, the CWC this time decided to implement the digital membership drive in addition to the standard paper membership process for the period 2022-2027, the party said.

“It is a matter of happiness that the digital membership drive has evinced great interest from people of the country, especially younger supporters of the Congress party,” AICC general secretary Organisation, KC Venugopal said in a statement. He said through the digital membership drive, the Congress party has so far added 2.6 crore members across all booths in all assembly segments.

These are all verified members, enrolled into the party by a designated enroller using a proprietary mobile phone app called Congress Membership App, he said. Besides, Congress is also enrolling the members through the physical/paper membership copies and the total membership will be known some days after verification of documents.

Every digital member after verification gets a digital ID card that is QR-coded for authenticity, Venugopal said, adding that a network of over 5 lakh party approved enrollers went door to door to enroll members across the length and breadth of the country. “Ever since we started the drive, the key focus has been on quality of membership, not just quantity. Every member is verified at three levels – voter ID, photograph, and phone number. The drive is strictly access controlled and only verified enrollers can use the membership app,” said Praveen Chakravarty, chairman of the AICC Data Analytics department which is spearheading the digital drive.

The party has embarked on the digital membership drive for the first time in its 135-year-old history and that will now form the basis for internal elections as well as organization building, Venugopal said. The membership drive was to end on March 31 but was extended for 15 days till April 15 following keen interest by many, the party said.

With the Congress organizational polls underway, the party would have a new party president between August 21 and September 20 this year and thereafter, elections to the CWC would be held by October at the All India Congress Committee Plenary session. The district Congress committees will publish the list of members and the eligible candidates for various party bodies between April 1 and April 15, followed by the election of the president and executive committees at the block levels. This process would be completed between April 16 and May 31, the party has said.

The elections at the Congress district committee levels for deciding local presidents, vice presidents and treasurers will happen between June 1 and July 20. Election to PCCs would be held between July 21 and August 22.

With inputs from News18

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