CHANDIGARH: BJP municipal councillor Sarabjit Kaur Saturday grew to become the brand new Chandigarh Municipal Company mayor, defeating Aam Aadmi Get together’s Anju Katyal by only one vote in a direct contest.
Out of the overall 36 votes, 28 have been polled whereas seven Congress councillors and the lone Shiromani Akali Dal councillor abstained. Kaur bagged 14 votes whereas Katyal obtained 13, and one was declared invalid, officers mentioned.
After the consequence was declared, AAP councillors created a ruckus within the Home. Police have been known as in to take away them.
The outcomes of the Chandigarh Municipal Company polls which have been declared on December 27, threw up a hung Home, with the AAP successful 14 of the 35 wards and the BJP 12. The Congress had bagged eight seats whereas the Shiromani Akali Dal obtained one.
Nevertheless, municipal councillor from the Congress Harpreet Kaur Babla had joined the BJP, days after the polls outcomes have been declared.
In addition to 35 councillors, the Chandigarh MP, who’s an ex-officio member within the municipal company, additionally has a voting proper.
