Youth Congress organizes one-day convention

Excelsior Correspondent
AKHNOOR, July 2: Carrying on the process of meeting the youth and listening to their problem, Youth Congress today organized a one-day convention at Chowki Choura.
Pranav Shagotra, Vice President PYC and Satish Sharma, President LYC Jammu Poonch where the chief guest on the occasion. The objective of the convention was to mobilize youth to strengthen the party base at the grass-root level as also to highlight the Congress party’s performance in the Jammu and Kashmir during the past four years.
Addressing the convention, Mr Shagotra said, “youth is the real strength of India and nursery of Congress party, which will take command of the country in future”, adding “Congress party will make the role of the youth more vibrant in order to nurture them for taking the future challenges of the country”.
He said Congress leadership at the Centre has conferred huge responsibility on the shoulders of youth leader, Rahul Gandhi, who has mobilized the youth power in the entire country.
Asking the youth to make strenuous efforts to strengthen the party at the grass root level, Shagotra said the youth will be assigned special role in the coming elections and they will get their due share.
Satish Sharma asked the youth to popularize the programmes and policies of the party among the people, especially in youth. He said Congress party has taken several initiatives for the welfare of the youth, which included Himayat, Udaan and other employment generation programmes.
He asked the youth leaders to motivate maximum number of youth to avail benefits of such schemes.
Later, Pranav, Satish and Ankush  distributed membership cards amongst youth members and planted saplings in  Government Higher Secondary School.
Aman Gupta, President AYC Akhnoor, Sunil Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Rahul Langer, Sunil Sharma, Pritam Singh, Rajinder and Ankush Sharma were also present on the occasion.