Shimla, June 2 -- The Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) on Tuesday constituted fact-finding committees to investigate the reasons behind the party's defeat in three key Municipal Corporations of Mandi, Solan and Dharamshala, in the recently concluded Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections.

The move comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wrested control of the Mandi, Solan and Dharamshala Municipal Corporations from the Congress, while the ruling party managed to retain the Palampur Municipal Corporation.

General Secretary (Organisation) of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, Vinod Jinta, constituted separate four-member committees for each of the three municipal corporations where the party suffered defeat.

The committe...