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Rahul ask youth to press for democracy within parties
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SPECIALCORRESPONDENT on 26 March, 2008 08:08:00
 
Mysore: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has asked the youth to plunge
into politics and prevail upon political parties to usher in internal democracy.
Noting that 70 per cent of India's population is young, Gandhi, on a campaign
trail ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka, said that while old (people)
are to be respected for their experience, there is value and strength in youth
as well. "In a sense, youth is the future," Rahul said. Lamenting that political
parties lacked internal democracy, the Nehru-Gandhi family scion asked the youth
to raise their voice to highlight the issue. He urged the youth to enter
politics and make a difference and bring refreshing change by "resisting the
same game that every politician plays". Interacting with tribal students at
Vivekananda Smaraka Hospital, part of Swami Vivekananda youth movement, at
Sirgur, he criticised opponents of the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver package
announced in the Union Budget. He also added that there can't be "unlimited loan
waiver", noting, that financial limitations does not allow for such a move.
"Policy-making is all about balance, it has to be forward-looking, and not
disruptive," Rahul opined. When a tribal girl asked him about his dream for new
India, Gandhi said: "My dream for India is that every child should dream."
Gandhi said that the difference between the rich and poor in the country is
having an opportunity. People should be provided access to opportunity, he
stressed. In order to justify the loan waiver scheme of the UPA government,
Rahul asserted that the critics are silent on the non-performing assets (with
banks) of big industrialists, but they do not fail to criticise schemes which
benefit the poor. (IANS)