Almost over a year after the All India Congress Committee (AICC) dissolved its Himachal Pradesh unit, the party’s revamp appears to be on the cards and the State unit is expected to get a new president “soon”.
Last week, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal met six party leaders from Himachal in New Delhi to deliberate on the name of a new president and the formation of the organisational setup.
According to party sources, the leaders who are president probables, include AICC spokesperson Kuldeep Singh Rathore, who is currently MLA from Theog and a former 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 final meeting on reconstituting the State unit was held last week. Six leaders from the State had met the Central leadership. Let’s wait and watch. I am hopeful they [Central leadership] will declare it [president’s name] soon,” Rajni Patil, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and party’s in-charge of Himachal Pradesh told The Hindu.
A party insider said that during the meeting, leaders were asked to share their experiences and articulate their vision for the organisation with an aim to chalk out a strategy to capture power in the Assembly election.
