Has the Congress lost its fire-fighting ability?

Mar 6, 2024 | 19:07 IST

Congress leaders Vikramaditya Singh, Pratibha Singh and Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

The Rajya Sabha election has shown that all is not well with the Congress government in Himachal, where a rebellion hasn’t been quelled despite the party high command’s best efforts

The Congress has lost its ability to fire-fight if the internal rebellion in Himachal Pradesh is a barometer. From its safe haven in Lutyens’ Delhi, the high command imagined that pressing two firefighters — Bhupinder Singh Hooda and DK Shivakumar — into service would douse the flames ignited by the state Congress president Pratibha Singh and her son, Vikramaditya Singh, a minister who recently quit the Himachal cabinet.

KC Venugopal, the general secretary (organisation) and Rahul Gandhi’s all-purpose person, apparently maintained a studied distance from the power play in this little province, which is the only turf the Congress calls its own in the Hindi belt.

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Has the Congress lost its fire-fighting ability?

The Rajya Sabha election has shown that all is not well with the Congress government in Himachal, where a rebellion hasn’t been quelled despite the party high command’s best efforts

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Has the Congress lost its fire-fighting ability?

The Rajya Sabha election has shown that all is not well with the Congress government in Himachal, where a rebellion hasn’t been quelled despite the party high command’s best efforts

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