Discontent brews among Congress workers over delay in Cabinet berth for Kullu MLA

MLA Sunder Singh Thakur and other Congress workers. File

More than 200 Congress workers from block and mandal-level units in Kullu have expressed resentment over the delay in inducting local MLA Sunder Singh Thakur into the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, with several reportedly threatening mass resignations if their demand is not met.

Sources said Mr. Thakur was also present at the meeting held at the circuit house on Wednesday (November 12, 2026), where workers voiced their displeasure over the prolonged delay and discussed the possibility of submitting mass resignations.

Mr. Thakur was among the six MLAs appointed chief parliamentary secretaries (CPS) ahead of the cabinet expansion on January 8, 2023. However, the High Court quashed the CPS appointments on November 13, 2024, after which he emerged as a frontrunner for the lone vacant berth in the Cabinet.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has repeatedly indicated that Mr. Thakur would be inducted into the Cabinet. However, his recent remark that the Kullu MLA would become a Minister when his stars favoured him has reportedly upset a section of party workers.

Leader of the Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur also took a swipe at Mr. Sukhu over the remark at a rally in Anni in Kullu district recently. He urged Mr. Thakur, sarcastically, not to accept a Cabinet berth if it came at the cost of his dignity.

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A poster of Mr. Thakur has gone viral on social media, carrying the message: "For self-respect and for the development of Kullu, I can do anything."

The Sukhu government will complete four years in office on December 11, 2026, with the next Assembly elections expected in November 2027.

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