The protests followed the arrest of the sister of Councillor Suman Devi by the Punjab Police on Sunday morning. Suman Devi, along with Councillor Poonam Devi, had joined the BJP in December, weeks before the crucial mayoral election in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
Ahead of the Chandigarh Mayor election, two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors on Wednesday, Suman Devi and Poonam Devi, have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered its victory in the Chandigarh Mayoral Elections by winning 19 votes against the 17 votes of the AAP-Congress alliance.
Chandigarh [India], January 2 (ANI): Former Vice President of Chandigarh Congress Devinder Singh Babla along with his wife Harpreet Kaur Babla joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday.