Shimla, July 5 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday refuted Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur's claims of not responding to Jai Ram's calls on the flash floods and landslides that have caused havoc in the state.

"I and deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri spoke to Jai Ram Thakur, the engineering chief and the deputy commissioner, Mandi. Helicopters have been pressed into service in his assembly constituency to provide relief to affected people," CM Sukhu said on Friday while talking to media persons.

During a press conference in Mandi on Thursday, Jai Ram said his assembly constituency, Seraj, was the worst affected in the recent floods, claiming that about 500 houses were damaged in it. The former CM alleged that he w...