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Congress Installs Vinay Kumar as Himachal Pradesh Congress Chief After Yearlong Vacancy

The appointment underscores a strategy to revive the state organisation by elevating a Dalit leader ahead of the 2027 polls.

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HPCC has been lying defunct since November last year after party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge dissolved the committee on November 6, 2024, along with the district and block units. (HT File)
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Overview

  • AICC general secretary K. C. Venugopal announced Vinay Kumar’s appointment with immediate effect and acknowledged outgoing PCC chief Pratibha Singh’s contributions.
  • Vinay Kumar resigned as Deputy Speaker of the Himachal Vidhan Sabha and Speaker Kuldeep Pathania accepted the resignation on Saturday.
  • The state Congress unit had been dissolved on November 6, 2024, leaving the organisation effectively defunct until this reconstitution.
  • Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi interviewed six candidates this month before finalising Kumar for the post.
  • Party leaders cite the one-man-one-post norm and a push to consolidate Scheduled Caste support as factors; Kumar, 47, is a three-term MLA from Renuka Ji and a Dalit leader.