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Article 6 : Membership/Active Membership :

i) Any person to become a primary member of the Party shall fulfil all the following conditions :

(a) should be of the age of 18 years or above;

(b) should accept and subscribe in writing in Form-A to the objectives of the Party as spelt out in Article 2;

(c) should pay a triennial membership fee of Rs 5/- Only.

(d) should not be a member of any other political party, communal or other, which has separate constitution,
membership and programme.

ii) No person shall be eligible to become a primary member of the Party except at his/her permanent place of residence or where he/she carries on his/her usual vocation;

iii) No person shall be a member at more than one place;

iv) A member shall not change his/her place of membership except on representation given in writing to the concerned designated authority at the District or State level and on the acceptance of such representation;

v) The term of membership, primary or active (mentioned below) shall be from the first of January of the year or from the date of enrolment as member upto 31st of December of the subsequent third year;

vi) Permanent Register of primary members shall be maintained, within their jurisdiction, by every Block/Constituency or other Subordinate Committee, copies thereof being sent to District Committee concerned as per prescribed rules;

vii) Renewal of primary membership shall be deemed to have been completed by depositing the membership subscription; together with the application for renewal of membership.

Viii The triennial subscriptions paid by primary and active members shall be distributed in the following ratios between the various Committees:

The SC concerned shall determine the proportional distribution of 40% share of primary and active membership
subscriptions amongst Sub-District Subordinate Committees.

Active Membership:

ix) The following categories of persons who are primary members are eligible to be active members on enrolling 10 primary members triennially:

(a) Members of the Panchayats, Block, Development Committees, Zila Parishads, Notified Area Committees, Town Area Committees, Municipal Corporations, other local bodies, Metropolitan Councils, State Legislatures
and Parliament;

(b) Those who are actively connected with such organisations as are recognised for the purpose by the WC;

(c) Freedom Fighters who have undergone imprisonment or were externed or were underground or were penalised for participating in freedom movement;

(d) Any person who has been a primary member for two consecutive terms.

(e) Any other person approved by the President of the Party.

(f) Every Active Member shall pay Rs.5/- towards the fee for active membership as well as Rs. 50/- collected from the 10 Primary Members enrolled by him alongwith the application for active membership.

x) Every active member shall make a declaration in Form-B under his/her signature and fulfil the conditions mentioned therein.

xi) Every active member shall undergo a minimum training as may be prescribed by the WC;

xii) Unless, he/she undertakes to undergo the minimum training mentioned above, no active member shall be entitled to contest for elections to the Party posts or to the Parliament, State legislative assembly or Metropolitan Council or local bodies on party tickets.

xiii) No person shall be selected for election on Party ticket to the Parliament, State Legislatures and local bodies unless he/she is an active member;

xiv) Active membership may be renewed on the approval of membership renewal application in Form-C duly filled in and authenticated;

xv) (a) Permanent Register of active members shall be maintained by the District/City Committees. A copy of
the Permanent Register duly certified by the District/City Committee President shall be made available to the SC. The District/City Committee will issue identity cards with photographs of the members pasted on the cards
under signature of the President of the concerned District/City Committee and of the concerned SC;

(b) The SC shall supply a duly certified copy of the Permanent Register of active members within their jurisdiction to the office of the WC and keep it informed of any changes therein from time to time;

(c) The Register shall contain the full name, address, age, occupation, place of residence and date of enrolment of every member;

(d) Membership shall cease by death, resignation, removal or non-payment of contribution and non-renewal of
membership;

xviii) Each active member shall contribute to the Party Fund certain percentage of his/her income, as prescribed in the rules by the wc.

Article 7: Term of the Party Committees:

i) The term of every Committee of the Party and of its office bearers and members shall ordinarly be three years;

ii) The meetings of the District Committees and the SCs shall ordinarily be held within the time frame as prescribed in rules;

Article 8: Reservation for Women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities;

(i) 33% of the seats in different Party Committees shall be reserved for women;

i) Not less than 20% of the Seats shall be reserved in different Party Committees for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities.

Article 9 : Constitution and Jurisdiction of Subordinate committees :

The constitution and jurisdiction of the committees subordinate to District Committees like Block/Constituency Committee, Panchayat/Town area or City Division Committee/Primary Commitee will be decided by the State Committee as per the Rules of the Party.

Article 10 : District Committees :

A district Committee shall cover an area prescribed by the SC in its Constitution and shall consist of :

(i) Six members elected by secret ballot by each Block/Constituency Committee as per rules prescribed by WC;

(ii) All ex-Presidents of the District Committee who have completed a term of 365 days and have continued to be active members;

(iii) Members of the SC who reside in or have been elected from the district;

(iv) Presidents of the Constituency/ Block Committees, provided that they shall not be eligible to become either President or Secretary of the District Committee;

(v) Members of the Legislature Parties of the Nationalist Congress Party, both Central and State, from the district, provided that they are active members;

(vi) Leaders of the Party in Municipal Corporations, Municipalities and District Boards/Zilla Parishads or Janpads in the District, provided that they are active members;

(vii) Members co-opted by the District Committee as per rules prescribed by the WC.

(viii) The District Committee shall elect from among its members an executive committee consisting of 15 members including the President and other Office Bearers.

Article 11 : Regional Committees of NCP :

Regional Committees of NCP will have jurisdiction over the area demorcated by the Working Committee and shall consist of :

1. Delegates elected to the State Committees from each of the Constituency Committees within the region.

2. All Ex-presidents of the Region who have completed a term of 365 days and continue to be active member of the Party.

3. Members of the Working Committee who reside within the region.

4. Presidents of Constituency/Block Committees in the region.

5. Members of the Legislature parties of NCP both in the Parliament and in the Assembly from the Region.

6. Leaders of the Municipal corporations, Municipalities, Zila Parishads and District Councils of the Party.

7. Members co-opted by the Executive Committee of the Region from special elements not adequately represented and others in accordance with the rules of the Party.

All the members except the co-opted members will have the right to vote but only the delegates elected from consituency/Block Committees will be eligible to be elected as President or as other office bearers of the party.

The Regional Committee shall elect from among its members an Executive Committee consisting of 21 members including the President and other office bearers.

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