The Congress on Saturday (November 22, 2025) appointed Vinay Kumar as the new president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, replacing Pratibha Singh.
Mr. Kumar was the Deputy Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha and tendered his resignation from the post. Speaker Kuldeep Pathania accepted his resignation on Saturday (November 22, 2025).
“The Congress president has appointed Vinay Kumar as the president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect. The party appreciates the contributions of the outgoing PCC president, Pratibha Singh,” AICC general secretary, organisation, K. C. Venugopal said in an official party communication.
The appointment had been held up for quite some time and the hill state did not have a Pradesh Congress Committee after the previous committee headed by Singh was dissolved on November 6 last year.
The state Congress was almost defunct without a local unit, and Singh only continued as PCC chief.
