The process of administering the oath began at the Civic Centre here with Presiding officer Satya Sharma of the BJP who took the oath to the aldermen, the members nominated by the Lt Governor before administering the oath to the elected councillors.
With only three days left in the high-stake Chandigarh mayoral elections, poaching fear has gripped the major parties and has forced parties to shift their councillors to other states as a defensive measure.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have 14 councillors each, while Congress has six councillors, making the situation surrounding Chandigarh's mayoral election interesting.
The Central Jail authorities on Wednesday filed a report stating that former Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) councillor Tahir Hussain, who is an accused in a larger conspiracy of February 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, needs a cataract surgery.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Wednesday framed the charges against Ex-MCD councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with a money laundering case. He has been charged with funding the North East Delhi riots of 2020 through illegal ways. Tahir Hussain has not pleaded guilty and claimed for trials.
Amid the brawl between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over the election of a new mayor for Delhi which stalled the mayoral elections, AAP is now trying to seek support from the Congress councillors.
Former councillor in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Tahir Hussain, who has been accused of a 'larger conspiracy' in the North East Delhi violence sought custody parole from the superintendent central jail on the medical grounds seeking treatment at a private hospital.
A day after chaos and a clash between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party councillors at the Civic Center marred the mayoral elections for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the saffron on Saturday wrote to Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena demanding suspension of a
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday included a councillor from Congress in the Delhi Haj Committee, a move that came after the ruling Aam Aadmi Party alleged a nexus between the BJP and Congress ahead of the Mayoral polls.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday termed the move to invite the nominated councillors for taking oath ahead of the elected ones in the Mayoral polls "unconstitutional" while citing the Constitution.
Amid chaos and clash between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party councillors at the Civic Center on Friday, the MCD house was adjourned before the commencement of voting for mayor elections.