Congress needs a president and drastic spring cleaning of party structure

Forget finding a president with pan-India appeal, soon the party may not even have state level leaders of any consequence

It is difficult to take the suggestion of Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh seriously that the party should give a free hand to its regional leaders. Strong state leaders and weak central leadership can never be good for a national party. 

Arguing for the autonomy of regional leaders, Singh said in a newspaper article : “We have seen this happen in Punjab, where the party leadership trusted me, and gave me a free hand, to win not just the 2017 Assembly polls with a resounding margin, but every small and big election thereafter, including the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.” This