Dharamshala, Dec. 1 -- The newly appointed president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) Vinay Kumar on Sunday assumed office at the party's state headquarters, Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla, in the presence of chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and other party leaders.

Kumar, a three time MLA, was appointed on November 22 hours after the 47-year-old submitted his resignation from the post of deputy speaker of Himachal assembly. Vinay, an MLA from Renuka Ji assembly constituency, won the assembly elections in 2012, 2017 and 2022 and was a chief parliamentary secretary in the Virbhadra Singh government. Kumar's father, late Prem Singh, also represented the Renuka Ji assembly seat for almost three decades.

Vinay Kumar assured th...