Sarabjit Kaur of the Bharatiya Janata Party was elected as the new mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation by 14 votes.
A total of 28 votes were cast in the mayoral election with the presiding officer 14 votes in the BJP, 13 in the AAP and the withdrawal of one vote as invalid.
Following the announcement of the results, AAP councilors questioned questions about the voting system and caused a commotion in the house as police were called to remove them.
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The results of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation voting announced on December 27, left the House hanging, with the AAP winning 14 of 35 wards and 12 BJP.
The ANC, which has won eight of the 35 seats, is out of the race.
Responding to the BJP victory, Gaurav Pandhi, National Coordinator of Congress Digital Communication and Social Media, said the AAP had canceled its one vote and confirmed that BJP had won the seat.
The BJP Team B has achieved its goal, writing on Twitter adding that this is what the AAP aims to achieve wherever it is running for office.
Chandigarh Has Got Bjp Mayor. AAP got its one vote cancelled and ensured that BJP gets the seat.
THE B TEAM OF THE BJP HAS ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVE.
This is what AAP aims to achieve wherever they contest elections.#ChandigarhMunicipalPolls #ChandigarhMayor
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) January 8, 2022
The AAP replaced Anju Katyal as mayor while the BJP suspended Sarabjit Kaur. Both candidates for the position of the mayor are the first.
The position was reserved for a female councilor in the first year of the new MC House.
Earlier on Sunday, the newly elected congressman of Congress, Harpreet Kaur Babla, joined the BJP, days after a vote by Chandigarh Municipal Corporation made the decision.
Harpreet, Ward 10 councilor, has shifted to BJP with her husband and Congress leader Devinder Babla here.
The party needs to win 19 wards for a councilor to be elected mayor.
Source- TimesNow
