AAP-Congress won senior dy mayor & dy mayor posts. This comes a year after SC reprimanded returning officer, an ex-BJP leader, for tampering with ballot papers in BJP's favour.
Masih, accused of deliberately defacing 8 ballot papers during Chandigarh mayor poll and contempt of court, has told SC that incessant criticism caused him trauma & anxiety.
Anil Masih is one of the nine councillors nominated in Chandigarh who have links with the BJP. Ideally, nominated councillors should not be affiliated with any political party.
Elections for senior deputy & deputy mayor can happen only after mayor takes oath. AAP trying to get back at least 2 of 3 councillors who joined BJP, to bag the 2 posts, it is learnt.
I’m glad the Chandigarh farce was called out. I’m pleased too that the SC went back to constitutional first principles in electoral bonds case. But don’t expect it to act as a force against the govt.
Declaring AAP-Congress candidate Kuldeep Kumar elected mayor, SC says Anil Masih ‘deliberately defaced ballots’ & issues contempt notice to him for expressing ‘patent falsehood’ in court.
SC was hearing plea of AAP councillor who challenged BJP win in Chandigarh mayoral polls following presiding officer's decision to scrap votes of 8 AAP, Congress councillors.
Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the ‘Global Times’, described Takaichi’s behaviour as political sleepwalking and said that Japanese leaders must become more self-aware.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
Why is Chandigarh such an important city for The Print? It barely covers the municipal politics of Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and many other cities.
But Chandigarh municipal elections get covered in detail. What exactly is the connection?
Is it just a reflection of The Print’s obsession with north-India?
Congress leaders are always saleable. BJP can buy Congress leaders whenever it wishes. Spineless Indian media describes such a win as a great win. Disgusting!
It appears that the BJP will use any and all means to win any election. The earlier election where blatant cheating took place and the concerned official physically defaced vites and disqualified them seems to have been forgotten. Such actions need to be held accountable.
It sets a very poor precendent and surely if things are reduced to very basic then other parties will follow suit.
While it is not certain why cross voting took place, one hopes that it was because the cross voters found a candidate from another party to be suitable and not because of pressure or bribe as has happend so often in the past.
Why is Chandigarh such an important city for The Print? It barely covers the municipal politics of Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and many other cities.
But Chandigarh municipal elections get covered in detail. What exactly is the connection?
Is it just a reflection of The Print’s obsession with north-India?
Congress leaders are always saleable. BJP can buy Congress leaders whenever it wishes. Spineless Indian media describes such a win as a great win. Disgusting!
It appears that the BJP will use any and all means to win any election. The earlier election where blatant cheating took place and the concerned official physically defaced vites and disqualified them seems to have been forgotten. Such actions need to be held accountable.
It sets a very poor precendent and surely if things are reduced to very basic then other parties will follow suit.
While it is not certain why cross voting took place, one hopes that it was because the cross voters found a candidate from another party to be suitable and not because of pressure or bribe as has happend so often in the past.