India, Jan. 10 -- Welcoming the verdict of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, the leader of the opposition, Jai Ram Thakur, on Friday said that the state Congress government was trying to postpone the panchayat elections, fearing defeat.

The Congress is carrying the Constitution book throughout the country, pretending to "save the Constitution, but whenever it gets the chance, the party doesn't hesitate to violate it," the BJP leader said in a statement issued here.

The statement came after the High Court directed the government to conduct the elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) and urban local bodies before April 30 this year.

The Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu questioned under which law the orders have been issued whe...