New Delhi: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Monday over alleged irregularities in the vote-counting process, Chandigarh mayor Manoj Sonkar of BJP has resigned. The decision was taken after BJP’s central leadership held a meeting with party leaders from Chandigarh in the national capital, sources said. In a related development, three AAP councillors have … Read more
BJP’s Chandigarh mayoral candidate was on Tuesday declared winner in an election which drew allegations of fraud by INDIA bloc allies Congress and AAP after eight votes were declared invalid. BJP’s Manoj Sonkar won 16 votes and AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar 12. AAP had 13 councillors and Congress 7. Later in the day, AAP’s candidate Kuldeep … Read more
The defeat of the ‘INDIA’ bloc candidate in the Chandigarh mayoral polls has shown that neither their arithmetic is working nor their chemistry, BJP chief JP Nadda said on Tuesday as he congratulated his party unit in the Union territory for the victory. BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar defeated AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar, who was fielded as … Read more
