The top Court on February 20 held that the presiding officer put his own mark on 8 ballot papers to invalidate the votes that were cast in favour of the AAP candidate
In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 20) declared Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Kuldeep Kumar as the Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.The Court declared the.
With three of the AAP counselors having crossed over to the BJP ahead of SC hearing on Monday, the verdict puts an end to any possibility of horse trading with fresh elections.
After AAP councillors switched, BJP has simple majority; counts on unsteady AAP-Congress tie-up to collapse, get it needed votes to oust Kuldeep Kumar Tita
The Supreme Court s verdict in the Chandigarh Mayor election case has led Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, to accuse the BJP of "dirty election manipulation" and "institutional sabotage." The verdict quashed the election result and declared AAP s Kuldeep Kumar as the winner. Rahul Gandhi criticized Returning Officer Anil Masih, alleging he was a pawn in the BJP s conspiracy.