Chandigarh Municipal Corporation repolls | BJP’s Rajinder Sharma wins Deputy Mayor post, Kuljeet Sandhu bags Senior Deputy Mayor post
The Hindu
Chandigarh BJP wins Deputy Mayor and Senior Deputy Mayor posts in repolls, defeating AAP-Congress alliance.
BJP’s Rajinder Sharma and Kuljeet Singh Sandhu on March 4 won the post of Deputy Mayor and Senior Deputy Mayor respectively in repolls in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
Mr. Sharma defeated the AAP-Congress alliance with 19 votes.
Mr. Sandhu secured 19 votes while Congress’ Gurpreet Gabi got 16 votes. One vote was declared invalid.
The result was announced by the Mayor.
In the 35-member municipal House, the BJP has 17 Councillors. The number of BJP’s strength increased from 14 to 17 after three AAP Councillors switched over to it on February 19. The AAP has 10 members while the Congress has seven. The Shiromani Akali Dal has one Councillor.
Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher, who is a BJP member, also has voting rights as an ex-officio member of the corporation.
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