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 Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh met here and unanimously decided to leave the choice of leader to the party high command.
After this, central observer, Balsaheb Thorat and party incharge of Himachal, All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary Sushil Shinde met the MLAs individually to discuss the matter. The two are likely to 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.
Sources said if Virbhadra Singh is not the CLP leader this time, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also projecting a younger leadership to rule the state—the names of four-time MLA in a row, 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 elder is given a chance.