Councillors from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday cornered the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Supreme Court order on the Chandigarh mayoral elections, with AAP members rushing into the well of the house and raising slogans against members from the BJP. Opposition councillors protest during the MCD House meeting at the …
Chandigarh: Senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders exploded Tuesday after the Bharatiya Janata Party cantered to a surprisingly comfortable win in the Chandigarh mayoral election. Party boss Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of “dishonesty”, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said democracy had been “looted”, and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha labelled the poll results “an act of treason (desh droh)”. …
Chandigarh: Anil Masih, the presiding officer for the Chandigarh mayoral elections, claimed on Tuesday that the councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party-Congress alliance tore up the ballot papers after he declared the results. He was reacting to AAP’s charge that he defaced the ballot papers himself and later declared them invalid. BJP mayoral candidate Manoj …
Chandigarh: The Congress on Thursday alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) postponed the Chandigarh mayoral elections because its “Operation Lotus failed”. The party also claimed the move shows the BJP can’t accept their defeat. Cops at the entry gate of Chandigarh MC office on Wednesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} ‘Operation Lotus’ is the …