Deputy Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha Vinay Kumar today tendered his resignation and was appointed the next Himachal Pradesh Congress president.

The tenure of incumbent state Congress president Pratibha Singh was already over.

Vinay is a three-time MLA from Renuka Assembly constituency in Sirmaur district. He belongs to the reserved category and the party high command has tried to woo a major vote bank of the Dalits, who constitute more than 25 per cent of the population.

Both the high command as well as Chief Minsiter Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu were keen to appoint a Dalit leader as the state party chief.

Earlier this month, Congress president Mallikaarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi had interviewed six leaders for the post of state party chief. Those who were shortlisted included Education Mins

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