New Delhi: On the last day of digital membership drive, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has enrolled herself as a digital member of the party. On Friday, digital membership card was issued to her.
On November 1, 2021, the drive had started. Rahul Gandhi was the first Congress member to be enrolled as a digital member.
Through this drive, the congress has added 2.6 crore members across all booths in all the Assembly segments of the country, a release issued by AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said.
“These are all verified members, enrolled into the party by a designated enroller using a proprietary mobile phone app called Congress Membership App,” the release said.
The party used the services of first-time designated enrollers who used a proprietary mobile phone app called ‘Congress Membership App’. Each member who is verified has got digital ID card that is QR coded for authenticity.
A network of over 5 lakh party approved enrollers went door-to-door to enroll members across the country.
Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman, AICC data analytics department said that the main focus was on quality of membership. He said, “Ever since we started the drive, the key focus has been on the quality of membership, not just quantity. Every member is verified at three levels — voter ID, photograph and phone number. The drive was strictly access controlled and only verified enrollers could use the membership app.”
In the 135 year old history of party, it has embarked on a digital membership drive for the first time. This will now form the basis for internal elections as well as organisation building.
The final data will be shared within next few days.
A release issued by AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said the Congress Working Committee had decided to implement the digital membership drive in addition to the standard paper membership process for the period 2022-2027.
He said that it is matter of happiness that the digital membership drive has evinced great interest from people of the country, especially younger supporters of the Congress party. They appreciate the role played by Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman, AICC Data Analytics Department in providing the necessary support in making the exercise successful.
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