The All India Congress Committee (AICC) today announced Shashi Tharoor as the National Chairman of a new organisation it launched - All India Professionals Congress.

This new wing of the Congress aims at forming a political group of all the tax payers in the country who are interested in politics and want to contribute their bit for the welfare of the country. The makers state that it will serve as a platform for tax payers to sit together and formulate ideas that will work towards the development of the nation.

"Majority of our taxpayers feel the need to know where exactly their money goes, but there is a dearth of avenues through which they can collect this information. The Congress party felt that this needed to change. Many keep saying that the Congress is running out of ideas, but here is an idea which will give birth to many new ideas", said Shashi Tharoor while addressing the press at the AICC headquarters in Delhi.

www.professionalscongress.com<http://www.professionalscongress.com/> is the website of this new organisation. Anyone who wants to be a member has to register themselves online. There will be a Rs. 1000 membership fee and the joiner will have to provide a copy of their PAN card. It is mandatory that the person has to be a tax payer.

"This is not aimed to be an elite group. If a person is a tax paying plumber or electrician, even they can join us. There is another group for the employees of the unorganised sector, which does not pay taxes. As far as the younger section is concerned, the Youth Congress is open to them", added Tharoor.

Milind Deora will manage the East face and Gita Reddy will look into the South zone of this new wing.

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