Shimla, Aug. 5 -- A war of words erupted on Tuesday between Himachal Pradesh chief minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur over the claims regarding the political mood in the state.

While Sukhu claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party will lose 16 seats in 2027 assembly elections, Jai Ram asserted that the saffron party will return to power with full majority.

"Public sentiment had turned against a large section of the BJP's sitting legislators. I can say that out of the BJP's 28 MLAs, at least 16 will not return to the assembly. The people have already made up their minds and will not vote for them again," CM Sukhu said on sidelines of the state-level function organised to mark the 120th birth anniversar...