Indian Youth Congress
Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political youth organization Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Template:Social democracy sidebar 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. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi gave the Youth Congress a new dimension by establishing it as a frontal organisation of the Congress, with the objective of doing social work. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was the first elected president of the Indian Youth Congress who later became Minister of Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs in the Indian cabinet; Narayan Dutt Tiwari was the President from 1969 to 1971. Jitin Prasada was also the president of the Indian Youth Congress.
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<ref name="Youth Congress ways">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> along with the National Students Union of India.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The Indian Youth Congress has its headquarters in New Delhi and is headed by Uday Bhanu Chib. There are 39 office bearers at the national level, followed by the state, Lok Sabha, Assembly and Booth level. In all, 174,000 committees have been formed at the Booth level.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
History
In the early 1970s, 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 full-time cadre, made it a body not to be ignored.<ref name=era>Jaffrelot, Christophe, and Pratinav Anil, 'An Era of Sultans: sanjay's emergency', India's First Dictatorship (2021; online edn, Oxford Academic, 17 June 2021), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197577820.003.0005 , accessed 11 Mar. 2024.</ref>
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.<ref name=era/>
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.<ref name="NDA Scam rally IYC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="NDA Scams">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="IYC unseat NDA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Youth Calcutta">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Calcutta protest">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Youth Tripura">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Madhya Pradesh memorandum
Kunal Choudhary is the President of Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Youth Government dismiss">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Youth COngress drought">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A memorandum was submitted to Deputy Commissioner.<ref name="Youth drought protest">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Youth rally BJP Kannur">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Youth rally Kannur">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Youth rally Karnataka 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Youth protest Pakistan 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="YCC protest Kashmir">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Shahnawaz Choudhary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name="iejan15">Rahul asks Youth Congress to launch ‘Kisan Satyagraha’; meet each MP, MLA, 16 January 2015.</ref> The protest took place in various part of country.<ref name="yt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref name="thfeb15">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="yt1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
Kerala Youth Congress Members Who Publicly Slaughtered A Calf
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List of previous presidents
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List of Current State Presidents
| S.no | State | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Ramarao Lakkaraju |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tarh Johnny |
| 3 | Assam | Zubair Anam |
| 4 | Bihar | सम्राट रिक्कू |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Akash Sharma |
| 6 | Goa | Joel Andred |
| 7 | Gujarat | Shri Pravinsinh Vanol |
| 8 | Haryana | Nishit Kataria |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Chhater Singh |
| 10 | Jharkhand | Abhijit Raj |
| 11 | Karnataka | H. S. Manjunath |
| 12 | Kerala | O. J. Janeesh |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | Mitender Singh |
| 14 | Maharashtra | Shivraj More |
| 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 | Surya Prakash |
| 24 | Telangana | Shiva Sena Reddy |
| 25 | Tripura | Rakhi Das |
| 26 | Uttarakhand | Sumit Bhullar |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | Dipak shivhare
W.Ankit Tiwari Vishal Singh Parash Sukla |
| 28 | West Bengal | Rajesh Sinha Sunny (State Incharge) |
| 29 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Diksha Dular |
| 30 | Chandigarh | Deepak Lubana |
| 31 | Dadra Nagar Haveli | |
| 32 | Daman and Diu | |
| 33 | Delhi | Akshay Lakra |
| 34 | Jammu and Kashmir | Akash Bhart |
| 35 | Ladakh | Aamir Hussain lone |
| 36 | Lakshadweep | T. K. Shukoor |
| 37 | Mumbai | Akhilesh Yadav<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 38 | Puducherry | Anandhbabu Natarajan |