Kerala - Kochi
Mass organisations meet Sonia
Staff Reporter
Submit memoranda to Congress president raising various demands
KOCHI: Representatives of the mass organisations of the Congress met the All India Committee (AICC) president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the venue of the State conference of the Congress being held here at the Ambedkar Stadium on Sunday.
Representatives of the Mahila Congress, Kerala Students Union (KSU), State Employees and Teachers Organisation (SETO), Kerala NGO Association and Kerala Pradesh Karshaka Congress submitted memoranda to the Congress president raising various demands.
Ernakuklam DCC president K.P. Dhanapalan sought Ms. Gandhi's help in getting Union Government aid for Kochi's development projects.
In a memorandum presented to Ms. Gandhi this morning, Mr. Dhanapalan sought immediate Central assistance for the proposed metro rail. He also sought time-bound implementation of the Vallarpadom terminal, the LNG terminal, special economic zone at the Kochi port.
The DCC chief also sought Ms. Gandhi's help in sanctioning a separate railway zone for Kerala.
Kerala Mahila Congress State president Shanimol Usman told reporters that the Mahila Congress had demanded 20 per cent of seats be given to women in the coming Assembly polls in the State. They also requested the AICC president to give preference to the list of candidates prepared by the Mahila Congress.
Youth Congress State president K.P. Anilkumar said that the Youth Congress delegation, which met Ms. Gandhi, requested for setting apart one-third of the total seats for new faces. He said that the AICC president had promised to consider the request. Mr. Anilkumar said that the Youth Congress expressed the opinion that the chances of winning should be the major parameter while picking up the candidates for the coming Assembly polls. A 26-member delegation of the KSU, including 20 State-level leaders and six district presidents, met Ms. Gandhi, according to KSU State president P.C. Vishnunath.
He told reporters that the KSU had requested Ms. Gandhi to pressurise for the formation of a law controlling the self-financing educational institutions in the Parliament.
SETO State president Kambara Narayanan told reporters that the SETO and NGO Association had briefed the AICC president regarding the difficulties caused to the Government employees in the State due to the intervention of the Election Commission on the implementation of the pay revisions.
(The Hindu - 06/03/06, Monday)
Mass organisations meet Sonia
Staff Reporter
Submit memoranda to Congress president raising various demands
KOCHI: Representatives of the mass organisations of the Congress met the All India Committee (AICC) president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the venue of the State conference of the Congress being held here at the Ambedkar Stadium on Sunday.
Representatives of the Mahila Congress, Kerala Students Union (KSU), State Employees and Teachers Organisation (SETO), Kerala NGO Association and Kerala Pradesh Karshaka Congress submitted memoranda to the Congress president raising various demands.
Ernakuklam DCC president K.P. Dhanapalan sought Ms. Gandhi's help in getting Union Government aid for Kochi's development projects.
In a memorandum presented to Ms. Gandhi this morning, Mr. Dhanapalan sought immediate Central assistance for the proposed metro rail. He also sought time-bound implementation of the Vallarpadom terminal, the LNG terminal, special economic zone at the Kochi port.
The DCC chief also sought Ms. Gandhi's help in sanctioning a separate railway zone for Kerala.
Kerala Mahila Congress State president Shanimol Usman told reporters that the Mahila Congress had demanded 20 per cent of seats be given to women in the coming Assembly polls in the State. They also requested the AICC president to give preference to the list of candidates prepared by the Mahila Congress.
Youth Congress State president K.P. Anilkumar said that the Youth Congress delegation, which met Ms. Gandhi, requested for setting apart one-third of the total seats for new faces. He said that the AICC president had promised to consider the request. Mr. Anilkumar said that the Youth Congress expressed the opinion that the chances of winning should be the major parameter while picking up the candidates for the coming Assembly polls. A 26-member delegation of the KSU, including 20 State-level leaders and six district presidents, met Ms. Gandhi, according to KSU State president P.C. Vishnunath.
He told reporters that the KSU had requested Ms. Gandhi to pressurise for the formation of a law controlling the self-financing educational institutions in the Parliament.
SETO State president Kambara Narayanan told reporters that the SETO and NGO Association had briefed the AICC president regarding the difficulties caused to the Government employees in the State due to the intervention of the Election Commission on the implementation of the pay revisions.
(The Hindu - 06/03/06, Monday)
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