Rahul's new strategy of hiring volunteers for Karnataka, Rajasthan polls

It is also part of the effort by chief Rahul Gandhi to shape the 'new Congress'

The Congress party has initiated an experiment in Karnataka and Rajasthan, two states that go to polls this year, to identify and groom the next generation of leaders. The results have been encouraging enough, say seniors, to give the party the confidence to replicate the process in Madhya Pradesh and then across the country.

For the past three weeks, the party’s communications department has been sifting through thousands of resumes and conducting interviews to select men and women who would, in the coming elections in these two states, put forth the party's view on news television, handle its social media