Congress launches app-based membership drive
New Delhi: With an aim of expanding the party’s base, Congress on Monday launched an online and application-based membership drive.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur launched the application at their residence in the presence of AICC spokesperson PC Chacko and DPCC chief Ajay Maken.
The Congress online membership drive comes at a time when the BJP has claimed that it has emerged as the largest party in the world with a membership strength of 8.8 crores, surpassing the Communist Party of China which has 8.6 crore members.
Congress had suffered severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections, winning only 44 seats.
“Any person wanting to be a part of Congress can now apply through their smart phones. There is also an option in the application to take a selfie from his or her phone and submit it through online. It will very useful, especially for youths who are Internet savvy,” Maken told reporters.
Congress had suffered severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections, winning only 44 seats. Maken said through this application, which is both android and I phone-based, anybody from any part of the country can become a member of Indian National Congress.
This is a new way of becoming a Congress member and the party has added three others ways of joining it, he said.
“There are four ways of becoming members of the Congress.
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