Rahul Gandhi wants those who aspire to contest elections on Congress ticket to fill a five-page application form which tests their knowledge about the constituency and also asks for an assessment of the Congress' performance there. Mr Gandhi, Congress vice-president and the party's number 2, has devised the new application system in an attempt to ensure that godfathers and regional satraps don't play middlemen in the crucial task of finding the right candidate to contest each seat.
