Shimla, Nov. 13 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday said that "factionalised" saffron party is not a challenge.

"Factionalised BJP is not a challenge. Even BJP MLAs are 'drifting away' and the party's infighting is eroding its strength in the hill state," he said after the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Himachal HAAT under the state rural livelihood mission and rural development department in Shimla. The initiative is part of the Himachal Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission (HIMURRA), which markets products made by rural women across the state.

"At present, the BJP is divided into five groups --the Anurag group, Nadda group, Jai Ram Thakur group, Dhawala group, and the so-called 'sold-out' group. Let us wai...