New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister And Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Supreme Court for quashing the outcomes of the Chandigarh mayoral polls and ruling in favour of its candidate Kuldeep Kumar. The AAP convenor, whereas addressing a press convention within the nationwide capital, mentioned “If India Alliance works together and functions as one, then we can defeat the BJP.”
Kejriwal mentioned, “The victory of the people of Chandigarh is the victory of the entire nation. In this election, there were 36 votes, out of which BJP stole 8 votes during counting. The country is going to have elections with 90 crore votes. One can imagine how many votes they will steal. The BJP’s sins have been caught on CCTV cameras. The people of the country will have to think about what will happen when democracy is not saved. From where is the BJP getting the confidence of 370 seats? It is the responsibility of the people of the entire country to save this democracy. BJP doesn’t win elections, it steals votes.”
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#WATCH | Supreme Court orders that AAP candidate Kuldeep Kumar is asserted to be the validly elected candidate for the submit of Mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
Delhi CM and AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal says, “…I think this has happened for the first time in… pic.twitter.com/wR1bEp1Kt3
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The AAP nationwide convenor additional mentioned, “It was clear in the election that the votes of the India Alliance were wrongly declared invalid. The Supreme Court has quickly provided justice. Democracy is being crushed, and today’s decision is crucial for the Supreme Court. This is the first victory of the India Alliance. BJP had stolen votes, but we fought, and ultimately, we won. BJP can be defeated with unity and good planning.”
While responding to a query on the distribution of seats, Kejriwal mentioned, “It’s a very positive development. All those who want to save the country are welcome to the India Alliance. There are also many questions regarding EVMs. The democracy of the country is in danger today. If someone becomes arrogant that our 370 seats will come, then where will the people go?”
In a serious growth, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillor Kuldeep Kumar because the winner of the Chandigarh Mayoral polls.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra quashed the choice by Returning Officer Anil Masih by which be declared BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Sonkar as Chandigarh Mayor on January 30.
The order of the apex court docket got here because it discovered that the Returning Officer had intentionally defaced eight ballots that had been forged in favour of Kuldeep Kumar in order to make them invalid.
The apex court docket at this time bodily examined the poll papers and located that they aren’t defaced. It directed that Kuldeep Kumar be declared as mayor with 20 votes (12 votes which he acquired and eight which had been for him and had been defaced by Masih).
“The eight votes which were treated as invalid by making those markings… counting the eight votes for the petitioner (AAP candidate Kumar) will make him have 20 votes. We direct that the election result by the Returning Officer is quashed. The petitioner is declared to be the winner of the Chandigarh mayoral polls,” the bench mentioned in its order.
It additional directed the Registrar Judicial to problem discover to Anil Masih for perjury proceedings beneath Section 340 CrPC for making a false assertion earlier than the court docket that the mark was made on eight ballots as they had been defaced.
The bench slammed Masih saying he had “unlawfully altered the course of the mayoral election”. The apex court docket throughout the listening to famous that eight ballots had been forged in favour of the AAP Mayor candidate.Â
