Congress President Rahul Gandhi has started monthly performance reviews for the party leaders, wherein the general secretaries, secretaries, and leaders in-charge of states will fill self-appraisal forms on the 10th of every month. The forms will be submitted to General Secretary Ashok Gehlot, who will send the forms along with his inputs to Rahul by the 15th of every month.
Functionaries at different levels – general secretaries, leaders in charge of states, and secretaries – will have to fill up a two-page self-appraisal form on the 10th of every month to enable Gandhi to measure their performance, said one of the two leaders.
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Apart from spelling out the leadership development initiatives undertaken by them, they also have to indicate the steps taken to resolve disputes and provide details of training programmes and the election preparedness of the party in their respective states. Political observers said performance reviews are a critical element in organization building, especially when the Lok Sabha elections are approaching.
“Continuous evaluation of performance becomes necessary as the deadline for elections comes closer,” said New Delhi-based political analyst Balveer Arora.
This is not the first time Gandhi has attempted a corporate-style appraisal system in the 132-year-old party. Nearly a year before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, all the state chiefs were asked to conduct a self-evaluation and assessment exercise on their worthiness and capabilities.
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