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Constitution of The Indian National Congress
Constitution of The Indian National Congress
Committee’s Report on Party Finances| Election 2004| AICC Meeting| Vidhan Sabha
Article I OBJECT
The object of the Indian National Congress is the well-being and advancement of the people of India and the establishment in India, by
peaceful and constitutional means, of a Socialist State based on Parliamentary Democracy in which there is equality of opportunity and of
political, economic and social rights and which aims at world peace and fellowship.
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Note: In this Constitution wherever the word "Pradesh" occurs, it will include
"Territorial", the word "District" will include "City" as required by the context.
The Working Committee shall have the power to give representation in such manner as it thinks proper to areas
in the Union of India as have not been included in the jurisdiction of any PCC and/or direct tht such an area or
part thereof be included in a neighbouring Pradesh.
Article V Membership
a.
i. Any person of the age of 18 or over, who accepts Article I, shall,
on making a written declaration in form "A" and on payment of
triennial subscription of Rs. 3.00 only, become a primary
member of Congress provided that he is not a member of any
other political party, communal or other, which has a separate
membership, constitution and programme;
ii. No person shall be eligible to become a primary member except
at his permanent place of residence or at a place where he
carries on his business or work;
iii. The term of membership, Primary and Active, shall be from 1st
of January of the year or from the date of enrolment of a
member upto 31st of December of the following third year;
iv. Permanent Register of primary members with in their jurisdiction
shall be maintained by every Block/- Constituency and City/Town
Congress Committee with copies to the District Congress
Committee, as per prescribed rules;
v. Renewal of primary membership will be deemed to have been
completed by depositing requisite membership fee.
b. Any primary member may become an active member, on enrolling 25
primary members triennially, if he fulfills the conditions laid down in
Article V (B).
c. The triennial subscriptions paid by primary and active members shll be
distributed in the following proportions between the various Congress
Committee;
AICC 10%
PCC 25%
DCC 25%
Subordinate CCs 40%
Every active member will have to fulfill the following conditions and make a
declaration in Form 'B' under his/her signature;
No Office Bearer of the Party shall hold an office ordinarily for more than two
consecutive terms at Block/District/PCC levels.
Article VI-A Reservation for Women/SC/ST/OBC
Minorities
a. 33% Of the seats at different Committees shall be reserved for the
women
b. Not less than 20% of the Seats shall be reserved at different Committees
for SCs/STs/OBCs and Minorities.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the above provision in the Article VI(A) (a),
Article VI(A) (b) the Congress President shall have the authority to relax the
percentage of sectoral representations for the categories stated above.
c. Candidates :
Only an Active Member shall be eligible for election as a member of any
Congress Committee other than Primary Committee.
Members co-opted by the DCC Executive as per rules prescribed by the Working
Committee.
Any member, who fails to pay his subscription or collect the fund within
the period stipulated, shall forfeit his right to exercise the functions of
member, including the right to attend any meeting of the PCC, till such
dues are cleared. The PCC shall forward to AICC Office a certified list of
Members not later than the date fixed by the Working Committee in that
behalf.
Note : The PCC will decide the proportion in which the Congress Fund
may be distributed among Subordinate Congress Committee.
C. Every Pradesh Congress Committee shall coordinate the activities of the
frontal organisations and shall:
a. Ordinarily function through the District Congress Committees;
b. Subject to the general supervision and control of the AICC, be
incharge of the affairs of the Congress Committees within its
own Pradesh and to that end frame its Constitution, not
inconsistent with this Constitution, which shall come into
operation only with the previous sanction of the Working
Committee;
c. Submit to the Working Committee an annual report of the work
done by the Congress Organisation in the Pradesh including
audited balance sheets;
d. Pay to the AICC the share due to it out of the members' fees
vide Article V(A) (c) and clause B above, before a date to be
fixed by the Working Committee.
D. The Pradesh, which has not completed the formation of the PCC on or
before the date fixed by the Working Committee may at the discretion of
the Working Committee be disentitled to be represented at the Congress
Session.
E. On the failure of any Pradesh Congress Committee to function in terms
of the Constitution or in accordance with the direction of the Working
Committee, the Working Committee may suspend the existing PCC and
form an adhoc Committee to carry on Congress work in the Pradesh.
Each Pradesh Congress Committee/Regional Congress Committee shall, in
accordance with the directions/guidelines issued by the Working Committee of
the AICC, constitute a trust for holding immovable properties belonging to such
PCC/RCC and also the properties belonging to the Congress Committees
namely District Congress Committee, Block Congress Committee and other
Committees subordinate to a PCC/RCC. The Board of Trustees of the said Trust
shall not be less than 3 trustees nor more than 9 trustees including the Chairman
and the other ex-officio Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall be appointed by
PCC/RCC and shall comprise of persons as approved by the Working
Committee of the AICC. The President of the PCC/RCC shall be the Chairman
ex-officio of the Trust. The Treasurer of the AICC and General Secretary AICC
Incharge of the concerned PCC/RCC shall be ex-officio members of the Board.
The term of the Board of Trustees other than the Chairman and the two ex-officio
Trustees shall be for three years. The properties shall be held in the name of the
said Trust and if that be not possible in a certain case/cases, then in such
manner as directed by the Working Committee of the AICC.
Note : A member of the AICC need not collect fund for PCC also.
The Co-opted members at the AICC, PCC and lower levels shall not exercise
any voting right in any organisational election nor shall they contest any election
in the organisation, however, no person who is a co-opted member shall be
debarred for that reason from seeking election to full membership of any
Committee in normal manner.