Congress launches nation-wide membership drive
The Hindu
It will continue till March 31 and will be followed by organisational elections
The Congress on Monday launched its membership drive across the country that will culminate in organisational elections, including electing a new president.
Heads of Congress State units launched the drive along with an online membership campaign “JoinCongressSaveIndia” to urge people to join the party in order to protect the country from forces that is “trying to destroy constitutional values”.
The membership drive, which started on Monday, will continue till March 31 next year and will be followed by organisational elections. It includes election of State unit presidents, vice-presidents, treasurers, executives and AICC members by the Pradesh Congress Committee general body. It will be held between July 21 and August 20 next year.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.