As the Lok Sabha elections are arising in 2024, political events have begun chalking out their methods. In the wake of declining winnability on Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) seats, the Congress occasion has reportedly shortlisted 56 reserved parliamentary constituencies out of 121 it had misplaced within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The occasion goals to enhance its electoral efficiency by giving particular consideration to the shortlisted seats.
As part of its ‘Leadership Development Mission’, Congress is planning to determine people within the shortlisted constituencies who’ve the required abilities and a neighborhood assist base to assist the occasion.
It is notable that in May final yr, the Congress occasion in its Udaipur Declaration following the deliberations at ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ had introduced a number of organizational reforms, one in all which was to start out a ‘Leadership Development Mission.
9. A subgroup of CWC to for programme implementation & recommendation
10. A cap of 5 years on tenure for all workplace bearers
11. Leadership Development Mission for weaker sections
12. Social Justice Advisory Council to assist & advise Congress President on SC/ST/OBC/Minority/Women points 3/n
— Gurdeep Singh Sappal (@gurdeepsappal) May 15, 2022
The 28 ST seats are unfold throughout 12 states, although they’re in numerous states than the recognized 28 SC seats, that are unfold throughout 12 states. According to Congress’s strategists, these segments the place the occasion secured second portion within the 2009 Lok Sabha elections signify successful possibilities for Congress.
“It is better to focus here (shortlisted seats) than to spread resources thin across the country,” TOI reported quoted a senior office-bearer of Congress as saying.
This mission will kind a devoted construction that has a ‘parliament seat-in-charge’ who might be working by way of ‘coordinators’ in these segments. Their important job might be to determine individuals able to mobilizing assist amongst Dalits, Tribal, and minority communities.
The ‘identified’ individuals might be anticipated handy over a listing of sympathetic voters and a marketing campaign plan to Congress’s contesting candidate.
The occasion strategists have come to the conclusion that one of many important causes of the Congress occasion’s poor electoral efficiency is its sensible breakdown in reserved constituencies, which have been as soon as its strongholds, in gentle of the occasion’s declining share within the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Out of the shortlisted SC seats, Telangana has three, Bihar, Gujarat, and Haryana every have two, whereas Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra every have 4. MP has six of the ST reserved seats, Gujarat has 4, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan have three every, and Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Karnataka have two every.
The management mission which the Party President Mallikarjun Kharge has termed a ‘high priority’ is being carried out below the supervision of Rahul Gandhi’s shut aide Okay Raju.
Other than the 56 reserved seats to deal with forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress has additionally recognized 243 SC and ST seats in 5 poll-bound states Tripura, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh. Elections in these states might be held this yr.
