We Will Fight For Youth Rights

Day Bhanu Chib is the national president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), the youth wing of the Congress party.

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Day Bhanu Chib is the national president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), the youth wing of the Congress party. Prior to his appointment as IYC chief, he had served as its national general secretary. He had also served as the president of the Jammu and Kashmir wing of the Youth Congress and National Students' Union of India (NSUI). In an interview with Santu Das of The Statesman, Chib talks about the initiative taken by IYC to strengthen its cadre across the country, organizational functioning, its vision for the youth and working of the BJP-led NDA government. He also accused the BJP-led government of betraying the people of Jammu and Kashmir by not granting it statehood.

Q: The grand old party has been emphasizing on strengthening the party at the grassroots level. What are the initiatives taken by IYC in this regard?

A: In IYC, we have an internal democratic process and we follow that. We have been giving importance to the review system. We want the organization to be strong at the ground level. We are motivating and promoting those people who are doing good work for the organization. We are taking action against those who are not serious. On a routine basis, we are taking action against such people.

IYC district presidents who are doing good work are being promoted and those who are not doing well have been changed. We are making changes in the IYC leadership in the districts where our organization is weak. Every month, we are making changes in a few districts in different states and Union territories. Our target is to completely stop this and everyone should work seriously.