Walk-in interview for potential Congmen at NSUI

Vijay Deo Jha RANCHI Tuesday, May 27, 2008

NSUI requires young dynamic and highly motivated professionals within 27 years of age to execute organisational and fieldwork. Requisite qualifications: Graduate, secular minded, ability to speak fluently on political issues, presence of mind, knowledge of Gandhi- Nehru family is must. Interested candidates can submit their CV to Nadeem Javed, national president, NSUI and Meenakshi Natarajan, secretary, AICC at party office Ranchi. Shortlisted candidates would be interviewed by the 'Talent Hunt Committee' headed by Rahul Gandhi, BK Hariprasad, Ajay Maken, Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gahlot, Ashok Tanwar, Jitendra Singh, Jagdish Tytler and Mukul Vasnik. The selected candidates would have to undergo training after which they would be given responsibilities both at State and national level. Don't confuse it as a classified of an MNC; it is NSUI that is looking for young genes in Jharkhand as a part of its national agenda to give a fresh look to the organisation. This has been going on all over the country from the month of February under the directives of Rahul Gandhi in a bid to present the Congress as a young men's party as opposed to the BJP occupied old faces.Javed and Natarajan who have been camping in Jharkhand received nearly 100 applications for walk in-interview. Javed informed that in the first round of interview the office bearers of NSUI from the State and district levels have been invited for the interview while the next step would cover office bearers from the university and college levels.In the daylong interview the candidates were asked several questions related to their political experiences, ideology, and academic qualification and obviously who was their role model (Rahul Gandhi is the only answer if you wish to remain in the wish list) and what they know about Gandhi-Nehru dynasty and the Discovery of India.Although Natarajan did not disclose the timeframe within which the whole process would be completed and when these selected youths would be assigned new responsibility. But I assure that once selected these youths would be given major responsibilities and they would have a major say in the policy matter of the State politics, said Natarajan. While senior party leaders were trying to catch the attention of party high command the claims of Natarajan hold no water. The idea of 'Talent Hunt' was floated by Natarajan at a meeting of the AICC after the dismal performance of the party in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.Javed termed the move apolitical having no connection with the affairs of the Youth Congress. But the sources within the party accepted this fact.Critics lost no time in scoffing the whole move another version of Chak De Bacche that would produce nothing except some gung-ho. Taking a dig at Rahul, senior BJP leader Arjun Munda termed whole exercise a move to project him as the only leader of youth. But the enthused party leaders including spokesperson of the State Congress and former president of State NSUI Alok Kumar Dubey indicated that such drives would help the Congress to reorganise in the state through its students' wing.