Chandigarh mayoral election: AAP cries foul over ‘dishonest’ Congress, issues word of caution for Delhi voters

Internally, determination were celebrations successful the Punjab Congress campy arsenic the leaders called it “revenge” for AAP’s “excesses” to instal its politician successful the Amritsar Municipal Corporation.

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has 35 members and an ex-officio subordinate of the House, the Chandigarh MP. The AAP-Congress confederation had the numbers – with 13 AAP and six Congress councillors, and 1 ballot from MP Manish Tewari – but it was the BJP with 16 councillors that won with 19 votes against 17 votes for the AAP-Congress campaigner Prem Lata. Three councillors from the AAP-Congress confederation had cross-voted.

Interestingly, Congress’s Jasbir Singh Bunty and Taruna Mehta were elected elder lawman politician and lawman mayor, respectively.

“The Congress was dishonest. Why was our politician campaigner not elected aft a concealed ballot portion we supported the Congress elder lawman politician and lawman politician candidates? We could person besides abstained from voting for these two. Unfortunately, the confederation was not among the INDIA bloc partners. It was betwixt the Congress and BJP. They are besides contesting the Delhi elections nether a concealed pact,” Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, cautioning Delhi voters against voting for the Congress.

While nary Punjab Congress person has publically reacted to AAP’s allegations, galore said that the Chandigarh results were “revenge” for the Amritsar Municipal Corporation elections wherever AAP secured the mayor, elder lawman politician and lawman politician posts contempt having less councillors than the Congress.

“AAP got its politician elected successful Amritsar municipal elections contempt Congress being successful majority. They subverted the Constitution of India and democracy,” a Congress person said, speaking connected the information of anonymity.

On Tuesday, Congress had submitted a memorandum to Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria seeking a re-election saying that AAP’s Jatinder Singh Bhatia’s predetermination arsenic Amritsar politician was a “murder of democracy” arsenic Congress had won 41 seats successful the 85-member House and had the enactment of 4 different councillors.

Speaking extracurricular the Punjab Raj Bhawan, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa had said that helium would reason the AAP-Congress confederation for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections for what the AAP had done to Congress successful Amritsar. Later, Congress had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking a re-election.

AAP elder spokesperson Neel Garg, however, dismissed the allegations and blamed the Congress for violating conjugation dharma. “What person we done successful Amritsar? What is the revenge that they had to take? We bash not person an confederation with Congress successful Punjab. We were capable to beryllium a bulk successful the Amritsar MC elections. The Congress was divided. It was not capable to springiness its mayoral candidate. Our campaigner was elected. That is wherefore the precocious tribunal besides did not springiness them immoderate relief. In Chandigarh, they had an confederation with us. But they cross-voted. They did not basal by us. On the different hand, we stood by their elder lawman politician and lawman politician candidates. They won,” helium said.

“We are present cautioning our voters successful Delhi. They person to beryllium careful. We person told them not to ballot for Congress arsenic they are helping BJP,” helium added.