RAHUL GANDHI

The messages published here are from the IYC souvenir, released at the 82nd AICC Plenary session, Hyderabad I am glad to learn that the Indian Youth Congress is bringing out a souvenir on the occasion of the 82nd Congress Plenary Session at Hyderabad. In recent years the Indian Youth Congress has displayed a new dynamism in its activities, reaching out to spread the message of secularism and communal harmony, initiating debates on globalization and economic reforms, and engaging in social upliftment programmes at the grass root level. All this is very heartening because the achievements of the Indian Youth Congress today will shape the Congress Party of the future. I wish the Indian Youth Congress all success in its activities and endeavour, and urge them to always bear in mind that we must remain in close touch with the aspirations and needs of the people at the grass roots level, that their political and social activities must be based on values and principles of selfless service, an