Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: BJP's Kuljeet Singh Sandhu defeats AAP-Congress candidate | 5 points

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Bharatiya Janata Party's Kuljeet Singh Sandhu on Monday won the Senior Deputy Mayor of Chandigarh, securing 19 votes..

On the other hand, the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party alliance's candidate Gabi got 16 votes and 1 invalid..

In the 35 member Chandigarh Municipality the BJP led bloc had 14 seats but their strength was boosted on Februrary 19 when three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors (Punam Devi, Neha Musawat, and Gurcharan Kala) joined the BJP...

Supreme Court bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud quashed the decision by Returning Officer Anil Masih, who declared BJP candidate Manoj Kumar Sonkar as Chandigarh Mayor on January 30...

With the revised strength in the house, BJP's Kuljeet Singh Sandhu secured 19 votes and won the elections for Senior Deputy Mayor of Chandigarh while the Congress-AAP alliance got 16 votes of its strength of 17..

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