According to PTI, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge disbanded the entire Himachal Pradesh party unit on Wednesday.
The action is perceived as an attempt by the grand old party to reorganize the Congress unit of the hill state. Since the party took power in the state’s administration in December 2022, there has been no alteration among its ranks.
Pratibha Singh, the head of the departing Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), is already a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body.
In April 2022, Singh—the wife of previous chief minister Virbhadra Singh—was named head of the state Congress.
“Congress president has approved the proposal to dissolve the entire state unit of the PCC, district presidents and Block Congress Committees of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, with immediate effect,” an official communication from AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said.
The Himachal PCC has been reportedly affected by factionalism, particularly during the Rajya Sabha election. Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi lost to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Harsh Mahajan after some party MLAs defected and cross-voted.
Mahajan was appointed working president of Himachal Congress after switching sides. Several names are vying for the new party chief, including prominent ministers Anirudh Singh and Harshvardhan Chauhan.
The Congress high command dissolved the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee in July after the party’s poor performance in the 2024 election. The Odisha Congress is now run by a 15-member coordination committee after the AICC dissolved the party’s state unit.
Get the latest news updates and stay informed with FELA NEWS!
Source: HT
