Chandigarh Mayor Polls As we speak, First Faceoff Between BJP, INDIA Bloc

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Congress and the Aam Admi Occasion are contesting the Chandigarh Mayoral elections collectively.

Chandigarh:

The Chandigarh mayoral polls will happen as we speak with each the BJP and the Congress-AAP alliance claiming they’re set to win the election.

The mayoral polls this time assume significance because the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Occasion — each INDIA bloc members — have joined palms to contest the elections to oust the BJP from the chair of mayor which it has been successful for the final eight years.

In the meantime, AAP candidate for the publish of mayor Kuldeep Kumar moved the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket this night, in search of appointment of a court docket commissioner to oversee the Chandigarh mayoral ballot course of to be able to guarantee free and honest election.

Throughout the pressing listening to on Wednesday night time, a division bench of Justices Deepak Sibal and Deepak Manchanda didn’t settle for the plea of appointing the court docket commissioner for supervising the mayoral polls.

Whereas chatting with reporters after the listening to, the petitioner’s counsel Ramanpreet Bara stated that the UT administration in the course of the listening to accepted the withdrawal of the nominations of Congress nominee for mayor publish Jasbir Singh Bunty and AAP’s candidates” Neha Musavat and Poonam for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, respectively.

Senior standing counsel Anil Mehta submitted within the court docket that like earlier, videography of your entire election course of can be performed.

It was the second petition filed by the AAP and the Congress inside 24 hours.

On Wednesday night time, Chandigarh Congress president H S Fortunate had moved the excessive court docket with a habeas corpus petition, claiming that the Chandigarh police was not permitting the Congress leaders to fulfill his social gathering councillor Jasbir Singh Bunty and in addition that he had been “detained” at his residence.

Nonetheless, the bench of Justice Alok Jain dismissed the petition after the town police filed a standing report, stating that the councillor had sought police safety within the wake of the Chandigarh mayoral polls.

In the meantime, underneath the Congress-AAP alliance, the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) will struggle for the mayor’s seat whereas the Congress will contest the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor.

The polls for the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor can be held as we speak, stated officers right here.

AAP senior chief Raghav Chadha and senior Congress chief Pawan Kumar Bansal met right here a day forward of polling, sources stated.

Rajya Sabha member Chadha on Tuesday stated that the INDIA bloc will sweep the Chandigarh mayoral polls and the victory would be the curtain raiser for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Within the 35-member Chandigarh Municipal Company, the BJP has 14 councillors. It additionally has an ex-officio member MP (Kirron Kher) who has voting rights.

The AAP has 13 councillors and the Congress seven. The Shiromani Akali Dal has one councillor within the Home.

The MC officers have stated that no cell phone, digicam and every other digital gadget can be allowed in the course of the voting on the meeting corridor of the MC workplace.

The mayor is elected by the councillors by way of secret ballots. Therefore, the potential of cross-voting can’t be dominated out.

The Congress abstained from voting in 2022 and 2023, resulting in the BJP’s victory within the mayoral polls.

Elections for the three posts are held yearly in the course of the five-year time period of the Home. This 12 months, the mayor’s seat has been reserved for the Scheduled Caste class. This time the mayor can be elected for the third time period.

A senior Congress chief stated after a tie-up with the AAP, they’ve whole 20 votes with which they may simply win all of the three posts.

The BJP has additionally exuded confidence that its candidates will register victories.

For the mayor seat, the BJP has fielded Manoj Sonkar whereas the AAP has nominated Kuldeep Kumar Tita. For the publish of senior deputy mayor, the competition can be between BJP’s Kuljeet Sandhu and Congress’s Gurpreet Singh Gabi.

For the publish of deputy mayor, the BJP has fielded Rajinder Sharma whereas the Congress social gathering’s nominee is Nirmala Devi. 

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