Newly-appointed HPCC president set to take charge on Sunday

Newly-appointed Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Vinay Kumar will assume charge on Sunday at the state Congress headquarters in Shimla.

AICC in-charge for Himachal Rajni Patil, co-incharge Chetan Chauhan and Vidit Chaudhary will be present on the occasion. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, outgoing state Congress president Pratibha Singh, all members of the state Cabinet, Congress MLAs, and other senior party leaders would be present. The leaders of Youth Congress, Mahila Congress, Seva Dal, NSUI and departments have been asked to attend the function.

Meanwhile, the process to appoint district presidents has also begun following the appointment of the HPCC president. The AICC has appointed observers for all 12 districts to gather feedback on potential candidates. The observers have started visiting the districts. One observer has reached Hamirpur. Jitendra Baghel, who has been appointed the observer for district Solan, will reach Solan tomorrow. Three state observers Karnesh Jung, Adarsh Sood and Satyajeet Negi will join the AICC observer.