Panchkula: Congress bought 1,500 votes to win last MC elections, says BJP candidate Kulbhushan Goyal
He lauded the BJP for bringing an end to “horse-trading” in municipal corporation elections by beginning direct voting for mayors and said, Everybody knows that buying and selling of at least 1,500 votes had occurred during the last term of the Congress. Updated: December 22, 2020 2:52:15 pm
Haryana BJP president OP Dhankar and local MLA Gian Chand Gupta with Kulbhushan Goyal in Sector 7, Panchkula. (Express Photo by Jaipal Singh)
Kulbhushan Goyal, the BJP’s mayoral candidate in Panchkula municipal elections, on Monday alleged that the Congress in the last elections had bought almost 1,500 votes. He lauded the BJP for bringing an end to “horse-trading” in the MC elections by beginning direct voting for mayors.
Chandigarh increases wards from 26 to 35, issues draft notification
It means the next Municipal Corporation House will have 44 members with 35 new councillors and nine new nominated councillors. At present, there are 35 of them: 26 elected councillors and nine nominated councillors. Updated: December 10, 2020 10:55:52 am
Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. (File)
Municipal Elections will be fought on 35 wards now. For, the Chandigarh Administration increased the number of wards from 26 to 35 in the draft notification issued on Wednesday. Suggestions and objections have been invited from people to these new wards.
It means the next Municipal Corporation House will have 44 members with 35 new councillors and nine new nominated councillors. At present, there are 35 of them: 26 elected councillors and nine nominated councillors.