Local body poll results expose Cong infighting in Himachal

Apprehensive from the very beginning, the Congress government was hesitant to hold the PRI and urban local body polls in Himachal Pradesh and tried its best to delay them on the pretext of the Disaster Management Act being in force after the worst natural calamity of 2025. For the first time, a state government went to the Supreme Court seeking a delay in the polls after the High Court held that the PRI and urban local body polls had to be held within the stipulated period. The SC directed that the elections be held before May 31, 2026.