Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) will run a special membership campaign for a fortnight from Constitution Day on November 26 to December 10.

The party has fixed a target to enroll one crore new members in 15 days under the slogan ‘One family, new four members’.

UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu told reporters here on Wednesday that under this special membership drive, five-member teams would be formed in every nyaya panchayats and wards.

Each team will have an in-charge. About 23,000 membership in-charges will be made in the state.

Membership for this big campaign will also have a missed call number, 8230005000, where new members can register themselves.

The UPCC chief said the membership campaign was starting on Constitution Day and on this day ‘Bhim Charcha’ and dinner would be organised in villages and wards. The contribution of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect of Indian Constitution, would be discussed in the ‘Bhim Charcha’, he added.

The membership campaign will be run in every district/city/town, all the blocks of the district, all the wards of the city/town, all nyaya panchayats and at gram sabha level. Every membership team would enroll at least 25 new members daily. For this, it will be mandatory for those keen on taking membership of the party to make a missed call on the missed call number, Lallu disclosed.

He said the membership campaign would be run by installing canopies at major markets, bus stands, railway stations etc. of the city. A membership camp under the banner ‘Ladki Hun, Lar Sakti Hun’ will be set up in front of women's colleges/schools. While running the campaign, the message of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi would be taken to the girl students, UP Congress president said.