Shimla, July 20 -- With the elections to Municipal and Panchayati Raj institutions just four months away, the ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh is grappling with a severe organisational crisis.
The state unit of the Congress has been without a functioning executive for nearly nine months, leaving its ground-level network paralysed and party workers demoralised.
State Congress President Pratibha Singh has sounded the alarm, writing to the party high command urging immediate formation of a new state, district, and block-level organisation.
Ms. Singh warned that without an organised structure, the party will find it nearly impossible to contest the upcoming elections, particularly the seven municipal corporation polls, which are held on...