Indian Youth Congress

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Indian Youth Congress (IYC)
President Srinivas BV
Chairperson Rahul Gandhi
Founded9 August 1960
(63 years ago) (9 August 1960)
Headquarters New Delhi
Membership50 Million
Mother party INC
International affiliation Progressive Alliance,
Socialist International
Website iyc.in

The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. While prime minister, Indira Gandhi gave the Youth Congress a new dimension by establishing it as a frontal organisation of the Congress Party, with the objective of doing social work and arguing against right-wing parties. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was the first elected president of the Indian Youth Congress; Chandy Oommen was the National outreach Chairman [1] [2] he later became Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary affairs in the Indian cabinet. Narayan Dutt Tiwari was the first President. Jitin Prasada was also the president of the Indian youth congress.

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During the 1970s, under the leadership of Sanjay Gandhi, the Youth Congress undertook activities such as tree plantation, family planning, and fought against domestic violence and dowry deaths. After the death of Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi took over in charge of the Youth Congress. After he became prime minister in 1984, Rajiv Gandhi reduced the voting age to 18. Rahul Gandhi was appointed a general secretary of the All India Congress Committee on 24 September 2007 and was given charge of the Indian Youth Congress [3] along with the National Students Union of India. [4]

The Indian Youth Congress has its headquarters in New Delhi and is headed by Srinivas BV. There are 39 office bearers at the national level, followed by the state, Loksabha, Assembly and Booth level. In all, 174,000 committees have been formed at the Booth level. [5]

History

In the early seventies, the Youth Congress was mostly the work of Saiyid Nurul Hasan, who served as the education minister from 1972 to 1977. The organisation's most effective unit was the West Bengal Youth Congress, where its first elected president, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who transformed the unit into a fulltime cadre, made it a body not to be ignored. [6]

During the Emergency, the organisation became an important body in the use of Sanjay Gandhi. The banning of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh helped with adding members from the banned organisation. [6]

Role in India

UTI Scam rally protest

In 2001, several Youth Congress workers held Lalkar Rally around Parliament of India to protest against UTI Scam under National Democratic Alliance government and asked for resignation of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. [7] [8] [9]

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Protest against violent attacks

In 2011, 2,500 Youth Congress activists rallied and protested in Calcutta against the violent attacks on its supporters by the All India Trinamool Congress party. [10] [11]

Tripura civil disobedience movement

In 2012, Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress organized civil disobedience movement in all 23 sub-divisions in Tripura as part of agitation to protest against the Left Front government's failure to provide employment, nepotism, rise of crime and atrocities against women in the state. This saw procession of 4,000 Congress workers and detainment about 25,000 Youth Congress activists across the state. [12]

Madhya Pradesh memorandum

Kunal Choudhary Is the President of Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress. [13] In 2012, Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress president submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Madhya Pradesh demanding dismissal of the State Government run by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not able to protect teenager girls and murders. [14]

Karnataka drought failure

In 2012, Youth Congress workers of Karnataka took out a procession in protest against the failure of the Government of Karnataka under BJP to tackle drought in 123 taluks and staged a mass protest in front of all taluk offices and locked the offices. [15] A memorandum was submitted to Deputy Commissioner. [16]

In January 2013, a 17 kilometer rally was held in Kannur demanding the dissolution of BJP government for 'failing' to provide good administration and losing the support of the majority. [17] [18] [19]

India-Pakistan border protest for Indian soldiers

On 14 January 2013 more than hundred Youth Congress activists staged protests across India against Pakistan and its army outside the old customs gate at the Attari border over the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani forces. [20] [21]

Implementation of 73rd and 74th Amendments in Jammu and Kashmir

In August, 2012 the Pradesh Youth Congress Jammu and Kashmir launched a statewide protest against the Government led by National Conference for the implementation of the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution of India relating to Panchayti Raj in Jammu and Kashmir. The protests were led by J&K youth Congress president Mohammad Shahnawaz Choudhary. [22]

Kisaan Satyagrah against Land Acquisition Ordinance

In January 2015, Indian National Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi directed nationwide protest against Land Acquisition Ordinance brought in by Indian Central government. [23] The protest took place in various part of country. [24] [25] On 18 February, Indian Youth Congress protested against Vyapam Scam and Land Acquisition Ordinance near Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha where they were charged with water canon in which several youth congress volunteers were hurt and arrested along with Indian Youth Congress National President Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. [26]

Kerala Youth Congress Members Who Publicly Slaughtered A Calf

Days after Youth Congress members in Kerala publicly slaughtered a calf [27] to protest against beef ban, Kerala Police on Thursday arrested eight people who were involved in the incident.

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List of previous presidents

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1 N. D. Tiwari Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg 19691971 Uttarakhand
2 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Priyaranjan Dasmunsi addressing at the inauguration of a workshop on Gender Equality in Indian Media being organized by the Ministry of women and child Development on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day.jpg 19711975 West Bengal
3 Ambika Soni Ambika Soni.jpg 19751977 Lahore, British India
4 Ramchandra Rath 19781980 Odisha
5 Ghulam Nabi Azad Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG 19801982 Jammu and Kashmir
6 Tariq Anwar Tariq Anwar assuming office as Minister of State for Agriculture in 2012 (cropped).jpg 19821985 Bihar
7 Anand Sharma Anand Sharma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg 19851987 Himachal Pradesh
8 Gurudas Kamat Gurudas Kamat.jpg 19871988 Karnataka
9 Mukul Wasnik Mukul Wasnik in January 2010.jpg 19881990 Maharashtra
10 Ramesh Chennithala Ramesh chennithala.JPG 19901993 Kerala
11 Maninderjeet Singh Bitta 19931996 Punjab
12 Jitin Prasada The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Jitin Prasada addressing at the International Literacy Day celebrations, in New Delhi on September 08, 2013.jpg 19961998 Uttar Pradesh
13 Manish Tewari Manish Tewari 2014.jpg 19982000 Punjab
14 Randeep Surjewala Randeep Surjewala.jpg March 2000February 2005 Chandigarh
15 Ashok Tanwar Ashok Tanwar (cropped).jpg February 2005February 2010 Haryana
16 Rajeev Satav February 2010December 2014 Maharashtra
17 Amrinder Singh Raja Warring IYC President.JPG December 2014May 2018 Punjab
18Keshav Chand YadavMay 2018July 2019 Uttar Pradesh
19 Srinivas BV Sriniavas BV adressing a meeting.jpg August 2019Incumbent Karnataka

List of State Presidents

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1 Andhra Pradesh Ramarao Lakkaraju
2 Arunachal Pradesh Tarh Johnny
3 Assam Zubair Anam
4 Bihar Garib Das
5 Chhattisgarh Akash Sharma
6 Goa Joel Andred
7 Gujarat Shri Harpalsinh Chudasama
8 Haryana Divyanshu Buddhiraja
9 Himachal Pradesh Nigam Bhandari
10 Jharkhand Abhijit Raj
11 Karnataka Mohammed Haris Nalapad
12 Kerala Rahul Mamkootathil
13 Madhya Pradesh Mitender Singh
14 Maharashtra Kunal Raut
15 Manipur Ningthoujam Popilal
16 Meghalaya Adrian L Chyne Mylliem
17 Mizoram Lalmalswama Nghaka
18 Nagaland Lima lemtur
19 Odisha Ranjit Patra
20 Punjab Mohit Mohindra
21 Rajasthan Abhimanyu Poonia
22 Sikkim
23 Tamil Nadu Lenin Prasad
24 Telangana Shiva Sena Reddy
25 Tripura Rakhi Das
26 Uttarakhand Sumit Bhullar
27 Uttar Pradesh Kanishka Pandey (East)
Omveer Yadav (West)
28 West Bengal Azahar Mollick
29 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Diksha Dular
30 Chandigarh Manoj Lubana
31 Dadra Nagar Haveli
32 Daman and Diu
33 Delhi Ranvijay Sinhh Lohchav
34 Jammu and Kashmir Akash Bhart
35 Ladakh Smanla Dorje Nurboo
36 Lakshadweep T. K. Shukoor
37 Mumbai Akhilesh Yadav [28]
38 Puducherry Anandhbabu Natarajan

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