Mukesh Kumar
Chandigarh, January 18
There is a hearing on January 20 in the Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding the elections to be held on January 24 for the new mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of Chandigarh. Uncertainty remains about contesting the mayoral election under Gathjod. On the other hand, the opposition party, BJP, has not yet announced its candidates for the mayoral election. It is being told that no party wants to take any risk regarding the candidature in these elections and according to the notification issued for the election, the candidates will be announced on the last date of 20th and the nominations will also be filled. Aam Aadmi Party, Congress and BJP are yet to finalize their candidates for these posts. It is being discussed that the Delhi Assembly elections are getting stuck due to the contesting of elections by AAP and Congress party under the India alliance. In these elections, AAP and Congress are contesting different elections, which may also have an impact on the election of the mayor in Chandigarh, regarding which both the parties have not published any information yet about contesting the elections together. Meetings are being held by AAP and BJP along with Congress on their own level regarding the candidacy of the mayor and this time claims are also being made to win the mayoral election, but after the decision of the ‘India’ alliance about these claims. Only the situation will be clear. If AAP and Congress contest the mayoral election under ‘India’ alliance, then it will be a big challenge for BJP. If this alliance does not happen, the way for BJP to win the mayoral election will be very easy. While AAP and Congress are expected to announce their respective candidates on January 20, on the other hand, BJP president Jitinder Pal Malhotra said that the nomination will be filed on January 20. On the question of selection of candidates, he said that it will be finalized only after the meeting to be held on 19th.
Mayor Kuldeep Kumar has challenged the holding of elections before the year
Mayor Kuldeep Kumar has filed a petition in the High Court regarding these elections and the Court has also scheduled a hearing on the 20th. The election of mayor depends on the decision of the court. Mayor Kuldeep Kumar has challenged the election of the mayor before the completion of his one-year term as mayor and at the same time demanded the implementation of the system of holding the election of the mayor by show of hands instead of ballot paper. .
