Two Chandigarh municipal councillors on Saturday rejoined the Aam Aadmi Party weeks after switching to the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). The improvement got here days after the Congress-AAP alliance misplaced elections to the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
Poonam Kumari and Neha Musabat returned to the AAP fold on Saturday, a celebration assertion stated. Both leaders rejoined the AAP within the presence of AAP’s co-incharge Sunny Ahluwalia on Saturday.
Kumari, Musabat and one other councillor had joined the BJP on February 19, a day earlier than the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a plea alleging irregularities within the mayoral polls. The majority of the AAP-Congress alliance seemed to be in hassle with their swap.
Now, that Kumari and Musabat have returned to the AAP, the occasion’s power within the 35-member home of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation reaches 12, whereas the BJP’s tally is down to 15. The Congress has seven councillors whereas the Akali Dal has one.
Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher, who’s a BJP member, additionally has voting rights as an ex-officio member of the company. On March 4, the BJP gained the reelection for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, defeating the Congress candidates who have been backed by the AAP as half of the opposition’s INDIA bloc.
On February 20, the Supreme Court had declared Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Kuldeep Kumar as the brand new mayor of the company after it overturned the outcome of the January 30 mayoral ballot wherein BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar had emerged the winner.
The apex courtroom judgment had come after allegations of tampering with ballots throughout the January mayoral polls. As the mayor is the presiding officer for the elections to the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, the polls have been held once more on Monday after the change of mayor.
(With inputs from PTI)
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