BJP wins Chandigarh MC Mayor polls: Also sweeps the posts of deputies

BJP has gained the polls for Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s Mayor’s publish in a intently contested ballot. The get together has additionally secured the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Sarabjit Kaur gained the election by a margin of only one vote by bagging 14 towards AAP’s Anju Katyal on Saturday eighth January 2022 to develop into the mayor. BJP’s Anup Gupta gained the Deputy Mayor publish via draw of lot. Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation Anindita Mitra picked the slip from the field. BJP’s Dalip Sharma gained the seat of Senior Deputy Mayor. He defeated Prem Lata of AAP by 2 votes. AAP councillors created ruckus on the meeting corridor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation after defeat within the Mayor’s election.
The outcomes of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election have been declared on twenty seventh December 2021. The elections of the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayors had develop into the subject of curiosity since then because of the variety of seats gained by totally different events. BJP had gained 12 seats. Congress had gained 8 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal managed to win only one seat. AAP had topped the charts with 14 seats. But when it got here to elect the posts, BJP emerged because the winner.
Breaking NewsBJP wins Chandigarh Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor & Deputy Mayor Elections by defeating AAP.One vote of AAP declared invalid on account of torn paper.— News Arena (@NewsArenaIndia) January 8, 2022
Election for the Mayor’s publish
Congress had already opted out of the elections and didn’t area any candidate. Seven Congress councilors abstained from voting. They have been joined by the lone SAD councilor. Initially BJP had 13 votes in its favor. BJP’s 14th vote got here from Member of Parliament Kirron Kher, who’s an ex-officio member of the Municipal House. This means, AAP and BJP have been tied at 14 votes every. However, one vote of AAP declared invalid on account of torn paper. Sarabjit Kaur gained the election by a margin of only one vote to defeat AAP’s Anju Katyal.
However, AAP members didn’t settle for this fault on their half. Crying foul, AAP councilors sat subsequent to the newly-elected Mayor and didn’t permit Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap to maneuver, stalling the election means of the publish of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor. AAP councilors made ruckus on the meeting corridor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. Secretary of the home made repeated requests all councilors to depart the mayor seat and take their respective seats.
Watch: Ruckus by #AamAadmiParty councillors on the meeting corridor of #ChandigarhMunicipalCorporation after Bharatiya Janata Party wins mayor elections.BJP’s Sarabjit Kaur elected #ChandigarhMayor pic.twitter.com/QVupmyxYJL— TOIChandigarh (@TOIChandigarh) January 8, 2022
Election for the publish of deputies
Additional power of Chandigarh police reached the meeting corridor, making an attempt to evacuate the Mayor seat space. Amid AAP’s protest, newly-elected Chandigarh Mayor BJP’s Sarabjit Kaur took oath. Kaur needed to get the elections achieved for each the posts.
Amid AAP’s protest, newly-elected #ChandigarhMayor BJP’s Sarabjit Kaur takes oath.#ChandigarhMayoralElections pic.twitter.com/Xk9yAxcTo8— TOIChandigarh (@TOIChandigarh) January 8, 2022
Meanwhile AAP demanded that elections for Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor be achieved via elevating of fingers as an alternative of secret poll. Ignoring this demand, District Collector requested the secretary to learn out guidelines and regulation to conduct the election. Secretary learn out the principles and voting for the Senior Deputy Mayor began. 28 votes have been polled for Senior Deputy Mayor publish together with that of Kirron Kher. BJP’s Dalip Sharma gained the seat of Senior Deputy Mayor. Out of whole 28 polled votes, BJP’s Dalip Sharma bought 15 and AAP’s Prem Lata acquired 13 votes.
So, that is evident that AAP couldn’t even retain all of its 14 votes. BJP’s Anup Gupta gained the Deputy Mayor publish via draw of lot. Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation Anindita Mitra picked the slip from the field. Thereby, BJP gained all 3 seats of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor.