At Chintan Shivir, Congress debates 2-term limit for Rajya Sabha members, other overhauls
India Today
Apart from ‘One Family, One Ticket’, Congress top brass is contemplating fixing term limits for Rajya Sabha members at its ongoing Chintan Shivir in Udaipur.
Two terms of Rajya Sabha per Congress leader? This is one of the proposals that the party’s top brass is deliberating upon at the ongoing Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Apart from ‘One Family, One Ticket’, Congress’ organisation panel is also contemplating fixing term limits as far as Rajya Sabha members are concerned.
A Congress Working Committee (CWC) member privy to the discussions said, “There is a proposal before panel that two Rajya Sabha terms per Congress leader needs to be fixed. After that they can contest in Lok Sabha or assembly elections, but they shouldn’t be considered for third term in Rajya Sabha.”
Not just Rajya Sabha term, there is a proposal that tenure of all office bearers from the block and district levels to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) should be fixed for five years. This should be followed by a cooling period of three years.
Sources said that after the completion of the tenure, office bearers will have to resign or vacate their post for other leaders. “These leaders can be accommodated within organisation and can be given other work,” said a panel member.
Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken mentioned the same proposal on Friday and added, “Any person who is holding the post continuously has to step down and a cooling period of three years in case that person comes back to the same post.”
The panel suggested that during local body elections, frontal organisations, departments, and party cells should be taken into the loop. It also recommended that AICC and state general body meetings should be held after five years.
