Biswal seeks age limit for Cong party posts

Biswal said he had aired his views while speaking at the extended Congress Working Committee meeting held at Delhi on May 15 and 16 last.

The senior Congress leader said that the party8217;s credibility would go up if organisational elections could be conducted through an independent election machinery adopting a simplified electionprocedure.

Biswal said the deliberations at the CWC meeting were based on the recommendations of the task force headed by former Lok Sabha speaker, P A Sangma to revitalise the party.

He emphasised that a system should be evolved for raising party funds through various means including membership fees and donations from individuals and organisations.

But the guidelines should be such that there was absolute transparency in collection and utilisation of party funds, he said.

The CWC, he said, should undertake a detailed exercise in evolving the strategy to be adopted for each election while much importance should be attached to providing clear guidelines for selection of candidates. The right candidate should be chosen to win the polls while post-election analysis should be conducted to pinpoint the shortcomings.