As Rahul sits down to pick Youth Congress chief, contenders face questions on Ram Temple, caste census

New Delhi:Topics ranging from the decision of the Congress to skip the Ram Temple consecration ceremony to the partys demand for a nation-wide caste censuswhich bore Rahul Gandhis imprintcame up for discussions as he interviewed the candidates for the next president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC)...

As they walked in for the interviews Monday and Tuesday, the candidates found the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha waiting with their individual profiles, in which their personal and organisational journeys were meticulously mapped out...

Also present in the interview panel were Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal, incumbent IYC president Srinivas B.V. and party joint secretary (in-charge IYC) Krishna Allavaru, four candidates interviewed by Rahul told ThePrint..

The Congress had skipped the consecration ceremony, held ahead of the Lok Sabha elections on 22 January, with Rahul saying that it had been captured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS and been turned into an election function...

The format was that of a group discussion, one of the aspirants said.. Rahul ever since he formally joined the Congress, has been personally invested in, what he described as, democratising the IYC by holding internal elections across states, weeding out members aged above 35 years, among others...

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