Shimla, June 2 -- After winning the three municipal corporations, Solan, Dharmashala and Mandi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed to have swept the zila parishad elections as well in the state forcing the Congress to "introspect and review".

A war of words has erupted between Congress and BJP as both the parties claim "public support" and accuse each other of "misleading" people as the elections of panchayats and zila parishads were not contested on party symbols. Though BJP had released an official list of candidates for zila parishad.

Out of a total of 250 District Council wards, BJP said that BJP-backed candidates secured victory in 136 of them. The Congress party has lagged behind in the District Council results, winning 52 w...