Chandigarh: A day after the excessive drama witnessed within the Chandigarh Mayoral ballot outcomes, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday stated that the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) and Congress will transfer to the Supreme Court docket.
He additionally known as the Chandigarh Mayoral ballot ‘an instance of homicide of democracy’.
“What occurred yesterday is an instance of the homicide of democracy. The price range is coming tomorrow, let’s have a look at what Punjab will get. Aam Aadmi Social gathering Punjab and Congress will method the Supreme Court docket in opposition to the mayoral elections,” CM Mann stated.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will current the interim Union Funds on Thursday.
In the meantime, Youth Congress members staged a protest outdoors the mayor’s workplace in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
There was a disagreement between the demonstrators and the police on the scene.
Youth Congress employees had been heard chanting the slogan ‘Bhrastachar band karo’ (Cease corruption).
Nevertheless, police arrested the protesters after some time.
A listening to was additionally held at present within the Punjab Haryana Excessive Court docket on the tampering of the Chandigarh mayoral election outcomes. Within the Punjab Haryana Excessive Court docket, AAP-Congress mayoral candidate Kuldeep Kumar was represented by Advocate Normal of Punjab Gurminder Gary. Lawyer Anil Mehta represented the Chandigarh Municipal Company.
After listening to this whole case, the Punjab Haryana Excessive Court docket gave three weeks’ time to the Chandigarh Municipal Company and the Chandigarh Administration to file their reply within the matter. The following listening to on this case will happen on February 26.
Manoj Sonkar of the BJP was declared mayor of Chandigarh on Tuesday after profitable the mayoral election with 16 votes in opposition to Congress-AAP candidate Kuldeep Tita’s 12 votes. Eight votes had been declared invalid.
Eight votes, which had been declared invalid within the Chandigarh Mayoral polls, have led Opposition leaders to stage allegations of rigging on the Congress and the AAP, attacking the BJP-led Central authorities on the difficulty.
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