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The Congress enactment launched a protestation soon aft the announcement.(Express Photo)
The Congress enactment was near stunned connected Friday arsenic the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured the posts of mayor, elder lawman mayor, and lawman politician successful Amritsar, contempt having won lone 24 seats successful the 85-member municipal corp location elections past month, compared to Congress’ 38.
AAP authorities president Aman Arora announced the triumph connected societal media level X, catching Congress leaders disconnected guard. While Arora revealed that each 3 top posts had gone to AAP, helium did not disclose the winners’ names during the location meeting.
It aboriginal emerged that Jatinder Singh Moti Bhatia was elected arsenic the Mayor of Amritsar, with Priyanka Sharma and Anita Rani taking the positions of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively.
The Congress enactment launched a protestation soon aft the announcement. State Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Waring and person of the absorption successful the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa led a dharna extracurricular the Government Medical College successful Amritsar, wherever the gathering was held.
Bajwa accused AAP of undermining antiauthoritarian processes, calling it “a loot of the people’s verdict.” He said, “AAP has repeated what BJP did successful the Chandigarh politician election. The names were announced instantly aft councillors took the oath, without holding a due vote. Members were simply asked to rise their hands. The constabulary commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar and different officials facilitated this travesty. We volition situation this successful the precocious court. Truth volition prevail.”
Waring and different Congress leaders joined Bajwa successful raising slogans during the dharna, voicing their choler implicit what they described arsenic a mockery of electoral norms.
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