Rizwan Arshad re-elected as Youth Congress President with thumping majority

Of the 29,000 votes polled, Rizwan got nearly 21,000. Varun Prasanna Kumar, son of former Congress MLA B Prasanna Kumar, came second and Prasanna , a youth from Hassan , third. Re-elections were held to KPYCC following complaints of irregularities in the symbols allotted to candidates.

Arshad, 34, is from Mysore. He will be president for two years.

Having retained his post as the president, Arshad has thrown his hat into the ring for securing a Lok Sabha ticket from Bangalore Central constituency.

Arshad said that the three MPs from Bangalore have failed to do anything good for the city.

“As a result, I?believe that Bangalore is seeking a change. The youth are in large numbers in the constituency and across the State. With the Congress moving in the direction of getting more youngsters into Parliament, there is a chance for us,” he said. Arshad said that the response from the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee was 'very encouraging'.

He said that as the president of the State Youth Congress, he was hoping to push for the names of five to six 'good' candidates, for fielding them in the Lok Sabha elections.

Kumar is likely to be the vice-president of the Youth Congress.

In total, a 24-member team was elected in the State. As many as 50 candidates were in the fray for the posts of the Youth Congress.

As of now, KPYCC has asked for 10 poll tickets. When it comes to electoral politics, members up to the age of 45 are included in the youth bracket, though the cut-off age to be a Youth Congress member is 35 years.