Will sympathy for late Virbhadra Singh lift Congress' chances in Himachal poll?
Wiped-out in the five states during recent polls, the Congress cannot hope for better days in Himachal Pradesh, slated to witness elections by the year's end.
Having run -out of leadership in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress is seeing a hope in the legacy politics ahead of the polls. It precisely aims to encash the sympathy factor in favour of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
Six-time Chief Minister, a Congress stalwart indeed, died last year at age of 87.
On Tuesday, the Congress appointed his wife Pratibha Singh, a sitting MP as new state party president, apparently unable to find a potential second line leader to lead the congress to the poll, against the well-entrenched BJP or counter AAP's buzz in the Shimla hills.
The congress has also revamped the party organisational structure and appointed four working presidents for 'caste and regional balance'.
A former PCC president Sukhwinder Singh, one of Chief Ministerial post aspirants has been made Chairman of the congress campaign committee while Congress Legislature Party leader Mukesh Agnihotri, another CM post claimant will continue to hold his position.
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