Dharamshala, Nov. 27 -- Training guns at each other, the legislators from the Congress-led state government and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sparred over the delay in panchayat elections on the first day of the winter session of Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly, which began in Dharamshala on Wednesday.

The Opposition mounted its criticism of the state government over the delay in polls. Soon after the session began, BJP MLA Randhir Sharma moved an adjournment motion, under Rule 67, seeking a discussion on the delay in Panchayat polls, which was accepted by the speaker. While opposition BJP MLAs alleged that the Congress government is running away from polls, chief minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the house th...