Overview
- Vinay Kumar formally assumed office at Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla in the presence of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and senior Congress leaders.
- He was appointed on November 22 after resigning as deputy speaker, and he is a three-term MLA from Renuka Ji with roots in a Scheduled Caste Koli family.
- AICC in-charge Rajni Patil said his elevation was a consensus decision cleared by the party high command.
- The party has begun reconstituting units from district to booth level, with observers collecting field inputs and stated criteria that include youth and women representation and an age cap of 60 for district presidents.
- Kumar outlined priorities to rebuild the organisation at the grassroots, act as a link between the government and the party, and ready the cadre for the 2027 assembly elections.