Shimla, May 19 -- Launching a blistering attack on the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and senior BJP leader Jairam Thakur accused Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of attempting to manipulate the outcomes.

Speaking to ANI following the counting of votes for the Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats, the former Chief Minister highlighted the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) dominant performance at the grassroots level.

"The BJP has taken the lead in 18 out of the 25 Municipal Councils, and is ahead in 12 out of the 22 Nagar Panchayats. Subsequently, facing pressure from his own party colleagues, he (CM Sukhu) began claiming that it was the Congress that had won", he said.

Rubbishing the Chief...