Pratibha Singh, a former Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress, expressed her gratitude to the electorate of Himachal Pradesh for the party's significant success in the recent urban local body elections. She stated that the results reflect a growing public endorsement of Congress's development-focused agenda, contrasting it with the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) emotional politics. Singh noted that Congress aims to unify various communities, while the BJP's approach is often divisive, based on regionalism and religion. With confidence in the upcoming elections for four Municipal Corporations, Singh urged party leaders and workers to remain united and work towards the victory of Congress candidates in the Gram Panchayat elections. She emphasized the party's commitment to rural development and the need to enhance grassroots democracy. Vinod Zinta, Secretary Organisation of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, termed the election results a 'semi-final' ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, asserting that Congress's victories in 31 out of 47 local bodies demonstrate the electorate's support for the party's governance.