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Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar has launched a scathing attack on the Congress high command, questioning the party’s organisational paralysis in the state.
Speaking to the media in Shimla on Tuesday (February 11, 2025), Chander Kumar said that the Congress structure in Himachal Pradesh had become completely dysfunctional, with no clear leadership to guide workers.
Chander Kumar criticised the high command for dissolving the state, district and block-level committees three months ago without forming a new organisation, leaving party workers frustrated and directionless.
Asks how to fight elections without organisation
Chander Kumar emphasised that the government and party organisation must work together, but in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress lacked a functional structure.
“All committees have been dissolved. In such a situation, how can we prepare for the forthcoming panchayat elections and the 2027 Assembly poll?” he questioned. He also pointed out that the Congress had failed to fight the Delhi elections with full preparedness.
“Tickets were handed out at the last minute and candidates were left to contest without adequate support. The party must take the Delhi election results seriously and strengthen its organisation before it’s too late,” he warned.
Congress office in Shimla deserted, workers disheartened
Highlighting the deteriorating state of affairs, Chander Kumar remarked that Congress workers in Himachal were demoralised and the party’s state headquarters Rajiv Bhavan in Shimla wore a deserted look.
Despite repeated appeals from leaders to form a new organisational structure, the high command remained indifferent, he said.
At present, state Congress president Pratibha Singh is the only senior office-bearer in Himachal, while the BJP, in contrast, has strengthened its base by adding 18 lakh new members and appointing new district and block presidents.
“The BJP, energised with new leadership, is aggressively attacking the Congress government on every issue. However, our party has no official spokespersons left to defend the government,” he said.
Though the Congress high command had sent two co-incharge and a few observers in November to oversee the restructuring, Chander Kumar lamented that even after three months, no concrete steps had been taken.
