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Almost implicit a twelvemonth aft the All India Congress Committee (AICC) dissolved its Himachal Pradesh unit, the party’s revamp appears to beryllium connected the cards and the State portion is expected to get a caller president “soon”.
Last week, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress person Rahul Gandhi, and AICC wide caput K.C. Venugopal met six enactment leaders from Himachal successful New Delhi to deliberate connected the sanction of a caller president and the enactment of the organisational setup.
According to enactment sources, the leaders who are president probables, see AICC spokesperson Kuldeep Singh Rathore, who is presently MLA from Theog and a erstwhile president of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC). Rohit Thakur, State Education Minister, Vinay Kumar, Deputy Speaker, Ashish Butel MLA from Palampur, Vinod Sultanpuri, MLA from Kasauli and Suresh Kumar, MLA from Bhoranj.
“The last gathering connected reconstituting the State portion was held past week. Six leaders from the State had met the Central leadership. Let’s hold and watch. I americium hopeful they [Central leadership] volition state it [president’s name] soon,” Rajni Patil, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and party’s in-charge of Himachal Pradesh told The Hindu.
A enactment insider said that during the meeting, leaders were asked to stock their experiences and articulate their imaginativeness for the organisation with an purpose to chalk retired a strategy to seizure powerfulness successful the Assembly election.
Speculations rife
On November 11, Himachal’s Rural Development Minister Anirudh Singh, portion addressing a gathering successful Theog said, “Mr. Rathore has agelong served you [people] successful the past and volition proceed to bash truthful successful the aboriginal also. He has been the president earlier and I deliberation helium volition beryllium the adjacent president too.” The remark has lone fuelled the speculation of Mr. Rathore becoming the adjacent HPCC president.
Last twelvemonth successful November, AICC dissolved the HPCC on with the territory and artifact units. The party’s State president, Pratibha Singh, woman of erstwhile Chief Minister precocious Virbhadra Singh, though was asked to proceed successful the post. Ms. Singh had taken implicit the enactment reins successful 2022 from Mr. Rathore.
