The five-day winter session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly beginning on Monday in Dharamsala town is likely to be stormy as the opposition BJP is set to corner the ruling Congress over corruption charges against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.

On the other hand, the Congress Government would try to highlight its achievements in the last three years.

The BJP would demand Chief Minister's ouster over corruption and other charges and will also hold a massive protest outside the assembly in Dharamsala on December 2.

The Chief Minister landed in more trouble as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a money-laundering case against him this month. The ED conducted searches in three states on November 20 regarding the case as well as sent a summon to Virbhadra Singh on November 27.

He was booked by the agency under the Prevention of Money laundering Act after taking cognizance of a criminal case registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation in September.

BJP leaders said they would aggressively take up the issues in the assembly. On the other hand, as the Congress led Himachal Government is going to complete three years in office on December 25, they will highlight their achievements in the assembly.

Political observers said there was confusion in the BJP over a closed-door meeting of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh with his arch rival and leader of opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal in Shimla last week.

The meeting, held ostensibly to ensure smooth functioning of the assembly session, was not in the knowledge of the state BJP leadership.

Sources close to Virbhadra Singh said the meeting was held to break the ice between the two political rivals.

For quite some time, both Virbhadra Singh and Dhumal have been targeting each other, mainly on the raging issue of corruption.

A total of five assembly sittings would be held in Dharamsala, for which the assembly secretariat has received 200 starred and 81 unstarred questions.