Kolkata: Congress presidential poll candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday asserted that he would implement the Udaipur Declaration's proposal of allocating 50 per cent of party posts for those below 50 years of age, if he wins the election. Besides Kharge, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor is in the race for the post.
Speaking with reporters, following his meeting with West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee delegates here, Kharge said, "I will fully implement all that have been proposed in the Udaipur Declaration, adopted earlier in the year, if I get the opportunity. "Fifty per cent seats will be given to those below 50 years of age... to women, people belonging to SC, ST and OBC. And I will also ensure that nobody gets to hold a post for more than five years. This is my promise," he said.
The 80-year-old former leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha criticised the BJP government at the Centre for disinvestment of public sector undertakings, claiming that such decisions were responsible for rising unemployment rate and weakening of rupee.
"We are against unemployment, inflation, price rise of essential commodities as well as of petrol, diesel. Our fight is against GST on milk, wheat, ghee. Our fight is against fall of rupee against US dollar. We are not here to fight against each other. What is important is that we have to fight Narendra Modi and Amit Shah," he said.