Chief minister Virbhadra Singh said that the congress party were within their rights to hold the samarthan rally and had booked the venue before the BJP. Talking to media persons, he said that while the congress rally was ending, the BJP workers entered the venue and forcefully tried to disrupt the proceeding, which was resisted. “With today’s incident by trying to assault the congress workers, the BJP had dug its own grave,” said Virbhadra
