Coming down heavily on the AAP-Congress for creating a ruckus during the election of the mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday alleged that the party's aggression was an attempt to subvert the election process.
High drama was witnessed in the Chandigarh Mayoral poll results after the presiding officer declared eight votes of Congress and AAP councillors invalid, resulting in the victory of the BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar in the mayoral elections.
AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on Tuesday termed the Chandigarh mayoral polls as "unconstitutional and illegal" while calling it an act of "deshdroh" (treason) and demanded action against the presiding officer and a criminal case against him.
The BJP's Manoj Sonkar was declared the Mayor of Chandigarh on Tuesday after he won the mayoral polls with 16 votes against the 12 votes bagged by Congress-AAP candidate Kuldeep Tita. Eight votes were declared null and void.
After a high-voltage drama around the Chandigarh mayoral elections, Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj on Tuesday alleged "robbery" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the party's victory in Chandigarh mayoral polls was a "blatant theft."
Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajinder Kumar was elected as Deputy Mayor, after AAP and Congress councillors refused to cast votes in the election of Deputy Mayor and Senior Deputy Mayor.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 24, 2024, announced the decision to hold the Chandigarh Mayoral Elections on January 30 and also entrusted the responsibility for security to the Chandigarh Police.
Following the recent rulings by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to conduct mayoral polls on January 30, the Chandigarh administration issued a notification in this regard on Friday.
The Mayoral election, which was scheduled for January 18, was postponed citing "law and order" issues. AAP councillor Kuldeep Kumar had challenged the deferment.
According to Advocate General Punjab, Gurminder Garry, "The Punjab Haryana High Court made its decision regarding the Chandigarh mayoral elections public today. The Court has granted permission to hold the Chandigarh Mayoral polls on January 30 at 10:00 am. The Chandigarh Police has been ent