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The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday adopted a single line resolution authorising Congress president Rahul Gandhi to decide the leader.
The Congress MLAs, including former CM Virbhadra Singh, met here and unanimously decided to leave the choice of leader to the party high command.
After this, central observer, Balasaheb Thorat and party in-charge of Himachal, Sushil Kumar Shinde, met the MLAs individually to read their mind about the choice. They will give their feedback to the high command in Delhi.
“The final decision would be taken by the high command in a day or two,” said state Congress general secretary, Naresh Chauhan.
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Sources said Virbhadra Singh may not be the CLP leader this time, with the BJP also projecting a younger leadership to rule the state. The names of four-time MLA, Mukesh Agnihotri, and state Congress president, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, are doing the rounds for the CLP leadership.
Party sources said the name of former minister, Ram Lal Thakur, has also cropped up, if any senior leader is given a chance.
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