The decision came a day after the newly-elected Congress MLAs passed a resolution authorising Congress high command to select the next leader of the legislature party.
Former Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu is expected to be the next chief minister of the state with the party s central leadership approving his name.
Former Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Kuldeep Rathore on Wednesday is in full agreement with the Congress s decision to change the state leadership, stating that the change is for the betterment of the party in the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled later this year.