Chandigarh Mayor row: Arvind Kejriwal hails Supreme Court for ending ‘adharm’, says ‘BJP will do anything to win’

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While addressing the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday, February 21, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal hit out at BJP over the Supreme Court overturning the outcome of the Chandigarh mayoral polls..

Quoting from the Bhagavad Gita, Arvind Kejriwal said that God decided to intervene and put an end to the prevailing "adharm (unrighteousness)" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)..

Kejriwal said that all the devotees of Lord Ram, Krishna, Shiv-Parvati are with the country and finally, the "adharm" of the BJP will come to an end, and "dharm (righteousness)" will prevail...

He expressed his gratitude to the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India for the judgement on the Chandigarh mayoral poll and claimed that it saved the country's democracy..

The three-judge bench presided by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and including, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra nullified the decision by Returning Officer Anil Masih, who declared BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Sonkar as Chandigarh Mayor on January 30..

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