Shimla, April 17 -- Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) held a General House meeting on Thursday in Shimla, focusing on strengthening the party ahead of the upcoming Panchayat polls.

The meetings, held in two sessions--the General House and a Political Advisory Committee--,was chaired by state Congress president Vinay Kumar and AICC in-charge Rajani Patil.

Polls are scheduled to be held in over 3,600 panchayats and 73 urban local bodies across the state before May 31. This was the first meeting after the reconstitution of the Congress body in state. The committee was dissolved in November 2024, along with the district and block units, but the then chief Pratibha Singh was retained as president. In November 2025, Vinay Kumar, MLA ...