Shimla, March 27 -- A sharp confrontation unfolded in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly over the Himcare health scheme, with Leader of the Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur accusing the Congress government of misleading the House and the public, while Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu defended the government's position citing internal audit findings.

Raising the issue under a point of order during Zero Hour, Thakur alleged that the state government was presenting 'false and misleading data' regarding the Himcare scheme to justify its closure in the name of corrections.

He demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court into the implementation of the scheme during both the previous BJP regime and ...