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In the 20-member location of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation, 11 councillors are of the BJP, 8 are of the Congress, and 1 of the JJP. Mayor Goyal is the 21st subordinate successful the house
Elections to the posts of elder lawman politician and lawman politician of Panchkula were deferred astatine the eleventh hr connected Monday arsenic the returning serviceman (RO) for the polls was taken ill. The improvement is simply a stark reminder of scenes witnessed earlier this twelvemonth successful neighbouring Chandigarh erstwhile AAP and Congress councillors had reached the voting venue connected January 18 lone to cognize that the mayoral elections had been postponed arsenic past presiding serviceman Anil Masih had taken ill.
On Monday, aft each the councillors reached the venue successful Sector 14 amid the arrangements for polling, they were informed that the Joint Commissioner Simranjeet Kaur, who is besides the returning serviceman of the election, fell ill.
Panchkula Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal, MLA Chander Mohan each had reached the venue earlier the elections were postponed.
In the 20-member location of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation, 11 councillors are of the BJP, 8 are of the Congress, and 1 of the JJP. Mayor Goyal is the 21st subordinate successful the house. But helium volition ballot lone if determination is simply a necktie successful the voting by 20 members of the civic body.
Sources said adjacent arsenic the BJP had the numbers connected Monday, it was expecting transverse voting.
The elections for the posts of politician and councillors were held successful 2020, portion the elder lawman politician and lawman politician were not elected. The BJP past did not denote immoderate campaigner for the 2 posts of lawman politician and elder lawman politician that were to beryllium elected connected Monday. Panchkula MLA Congress’s Chander Mohan besides reached the spot for the elections.
Panchkula Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal told The Indian Express that erstwhile helium reached there, helium got to cognize astir the elections being deferred. When asked astir the caller day of elections, helium said: “we are yet to get it. It volition beryllium announced soon”.
Murder of democracy: Congress
After the elections were postponed astatine the past minute, it evoked allegations from Congress that it was a “ploy” by the BJP arsenic the saffron enactment was “unsure of its victory”.
MLA Chander Mohan said that the BJP is frightened of its nonaccomplishment and knew that its ain councillors volition not enactment the party.
“The RO fell sick conscionable 30 minutes back. This is however ideology is murdered,” helium added. Congress councillors besides alleged that BJP was pursuing its playbook seen during mayoral elections successful Chandigarh earlier this year, highlighting that determination excessively the predetermination authoritative had fallen sick minutes anterior to the polls.
Only past night, Congress councillor Suneet Singla returned to the BJP, his archetypal party. JJP councillor Sushil Garg and Independent councillor Omwati Punia besides lent enactment to the ruling enactment astatine an lawsuit held astatine the Haryana CM’s residence, making the saffron enactment clasp the borderline astatine the municipal corporation.
Before the councillors were to switch, Congress had a bulk successful the General House of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation. While the BJP had 8 councillors, the Congress had 9 members, on with enactment of Independent campaigner Omwati Punia. The JJP had 2 councillors earlier Garg joined the saffron party.
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