Want the MLA ticket, then meet the membership target
The Hindu
‘Aspirants’ applications will not be considered if they fail to meet the criterion’
Congress leaders hoping to get the party nomination in the next Assembly elections will be eligible to cross the first line of applying for the party form if they enrol a minimum of 50,000 members in their respective constituencies.
“Their applications will not even be considered if they fail to cross the 50,000-mark in their constituency in the ongoing membership drive,” a senior party leader revealed. Unlike previous years they can’t get the fake membership since the present process is through digitisation and every move will be monitored and the members’ details digitized at the AICC level.
Similarly, the Lok Sabha constituency hopefuls will have to cross the 3.5 lakh mark for each constituency in coordination with the MLA ticket-hopefuls. The performance of the mandal level leaders will be judged only if their contribution crosses 10,000-mark.