Gujarat Congress using internet to attract youth

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Wednesday hailed party general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his efforts to introduce internal democracy in the student and youth wing of the party. The efforts of Rahul Gandhi to introduce internal democracy by holding organisational election in the Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (NSUI) can be called as revolutionary from political point of view, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters.

September 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - A whopping 1.3 million youngsters have sent in applications for membership to the Congress party' youth wing in Tamil Nadu within two weeks of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to the state. According to Congress officials, the membership enrolment drive for the party's state youth wing started by Rahul Gandhi has got a huge response.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Sunday sought an apology from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after a youth flung a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election rally in Ahmedabad Sunday. 'It is absolutely shocking...

April 23rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi on Thursday invited Congress President Sonia Gandhi to Gujarat. "Sonia Gandhi is coming to Gujarat for campaigning.

March 17th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Gujarat has kept up its demand for contesting at least two Lok Sabha seats in the state, even as ally Congress has already announced its own candidates in 12 constituencies. The Congress is expected to make an announcement on candidates for the remaining 14 seats from Gujarat in the next two days.

March 15th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - As the general elections approaching fast, the Congress party has opened internet kiosks launching e-campaign in Gujarat to woo young voters. The kiosks have laptops to show the achievements of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

March 13th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Congress party is setting up hundreds of internet kiosks across the country, including 50 in Gujarat, to promote an online campaign to register youth members and inform them about the central government's initiatives, party sources said here Thursday. 'Our online campaign strategy is being worked out by a dedicated IT team.

March 5th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) wants to field candidates from seven significant Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat even as negotiations are on with the Congress, which wants to fight on all the 26 seats in the state. The key Lok Sabha seats being demanded by Sharad Pawar's NCP are Rajkot, Dahod, Anand, Godhra, Bharuch, Ahmedabad (East) and Kutch.

March 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to field candidates from all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, it said Tuesday. 'Gujarat is an important state for the BSP high command.

March 3rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee will form a four-member panel of senior leaders to start the process of selecting probable candidates for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in the state, a party source said here Monday. A party source said that the panel would be announced by Tuesday evening.

February 23rd, 2009 PATAN - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, on his third trip to Gujarat in less than a month, interacted with artisan women and people from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and sought their support in the Lok Sabha elections. 'You have been traditionally our supporters.

February 22nd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with women artisans in a Kutch village Sunday as part of his two-day tour of the Kutch, Saurashtra and northern regions of Gujarat. The young Congress MP met women engaged in handicrafts in Bhujodi village of Kutch district, which was devastated by a major earthquake on Jan 26, 2001.

February 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will be on a three-day visit to Gujarat from Feb 12 in connection with the ongoing Youth Congress membership drive and poll preparations, party leaders said Tuesday. On the first day, Gandhi will visit Porbandar, the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi and pay homage to the Father of the Nation, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee chief Siddharth Patel told reporters here.

January 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi is visiting this Gujarat city Friday to woo youths in the state to join the party, a senior Congress party leader said Wednesday. The Congress is conducting party elections in the state for its youth wing, said Ashok Tanwar, president of the All India Youth Congress.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - When he launched his own blog a week ago, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani was making a point few could miss - that even 81 he was trying to be in tune with India's young.