Micro Mismanagement

The Congress is attempting to get its act together in Uttar Pradesh. Except that it has ended up creating more confusion. The party has appointed one state president and six working ones for the six zones it has divided the state into. These zones, in turn, each have an incharge, who reports directly to general secretary Priyanka Gandhi. Party functionaries now do not know which of the 13 bosses to report to—the president, the working presidents or the zonal incharges. Every boss has his own coterie. While the exercise intended to change the fortunes of the party, it seems to have caused further divide among the ranks. As a senior state functionary said, “We are doing too many experiments but gaining nothing.” Too much of a good thing is not all good, it seems.