In a major setback to INDIA bloc's Congress-AAP alliance, the civic body ruling BJP on Tuesday retained the Chandigarh mayoral seat for the ninth time in a row by winning the post with just four votes.The AAP-Congress alliance lost the seat .
The BJP has 14 councillors, with an additional vote from Member of Parliament and ex-officio member Kirron Kher, while the AAP has 13 councillors, and the Congress holds seven. The Shiromani Akali Dal has one councillor in the House. The election process was fraught with controversy, with eight out of 36 votes being declared invalid by the presiding authority, Anil Masih, a nominated councilor with no voting rights.
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High drama continued on Wednesday over the annual election for the top post of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, slated on Thursday, as the Congress candidate for the mayoral post "is still in the fray" against his AAP rival .