Dharamshala, Nov. 13 -- Himachal chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday rejected the allegations of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jai Ram Thakur that the Congress government was selling public properties. Sukhu said his government would neither sell any public assets nor allow them to be plundered.

Speaking to the media in Shimla amid the controversy over historic Peterhoff, Sukhu said, "Unlike the BJP, we will neither sell any public assets nor allow them to be plundered. Peterhoff is not being sold, and the government has no intention of selling any government property."

"The LoP does not know why he makes such statements. Peterhoff has developed leakage problems and its condition has deteriorated. The old Peterhoff was destro...