In a setback for the Aam Aadmi Social gathering and Congress alliance within the Chandigarh Municipal Company, three AAP councillors joined the BJP yesterday forward of the essential listening to within the Supreme Court docket at present. Not solely this, Chandigarh Mayor Manoj Sonkar additionally resigned from the publish paving the way in which for the contemporary mayoral polls. The AAP and Congress had approached the apex court docket difficult the presiding officer’s choice to declare Sonkar because the successful candidate after eight opposition ballots have been rejected. The three councillors are Gurcharanjit Singh Kala, Neha and Poonum Devi. All of the three leaders accused AAP of constructing false guarantees and mentioned that they joined the saffron get together as they’re impressed by the works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP-SAD vs AAP-Congress
In the home of 35 members, the BJP has a complete of 15 votes within the Municipal Company Home together with 14 councillors and ex officio members i.e. an MP – Kiron Kher. The AAP has 13 councillors, whereas the Congress has seven. The Shiromani Akali Dal has one councillor within the Home. The AAP and Congress collectively had 20 votes however for the reason that eight votes have been declared invalid through the January 30 polls, the BJP’s mayoral candidate Sonkar emerged as winner. AAP-Congress alleged foul play by the presiding officer and moved to the SC after it received no reduction from the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket.
Now, with the three AAP councillors leaping ship, the BJP is having 18 votes whereas the AAP-Congress alliance can have 18 votes with the assistance of Shiromani Akali Dal.
Listening to In Supreme Court docket Right now
The Supreme Court docket is scheduled to listen to the plea filed by the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP), which alleged that the BJP tampered with the ballots through the January 30 Chandigarh mayoral ballot. In its earlier listening to, the Supreme Court docket took a stringent view of the alleged malpractice by presiding officer Anil Masih saying that the returning officer must be prosecuted for tampering with the ballots.
Earlier Mayoral Polls
In January 2023 mayoral polls, a complete of 29 votes have been solid, resulting in Anup Gupta from the BJP securing victory within the mayoral election by defeating Jasbir Singh Laddi from the Aam Aadmi Social gathering with a slender margin of 1 vote. Gupta garnered 15 votes, whereas Singh managed to safe 14. Notably, the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal shunned collaborating within the voting course of. Equally, within the 12 months 2022, the BJP candidate emerged victorious as soon as once more by a slim margin of 1 vote, as one vote was invalidated because of numerous causes.
