1. According to ASP.NET Core Documentation, rendered partial view using TagHelper instead of Razor syntax

2. Referenced newly installed jquery library from libman in the _Layout.cshtml file of WebMVC project

src/Web/WebMVC/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml

@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@
 					</a>
 				</section>
 				
-                @await Html.PartialAsync("_LoginPartial")
+				<partial name="_LoginPartial" />
 			</article>
 		</div>
 	</header>
 
+
 	@RenderBody()
 
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
 	</footer>
 
 	<environment names="Development">
-        <script src="~/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>
+		<script src="~/lib/jquery/jquery.js"></script>
 		<script src="~/lib/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
 		<script src="~/js/site.js" asp-append-version="true"></script>
 	</environment>