In Amritsar Municipal Corporation, the dispute has not been able to stop the dispute with the election of the senior deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Double bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear (Thursday) this issue today. On February 20 benches of Justice Sudhir Singh and Sukhwinder Kaur, the bench heard the case and secured the decision.
In the Municipal Corporation election on 27 January 2025, Jatinder Singh Moti Bhatia was elected Senior Deputy Mayor and Anita Rani to the Deputy Mayor. But Congress counselor development Soni had demanded the election to file a petition in the High Court on January 28. He alleged that despite the majority of the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government raised his candidates for his candidates.
The first hearing of the matter was performed by a double bench of the High Court on January 29, but no notice was issued. On February 10, the court announced that motion notice would be uploaded on February 11. The next hearing in Hukam was decided on April 21. The war after this, Congress counselor development Soni appealed to the sooner hearing, which was accepted and the hearing was fixed on February 20.
The Congress has accused serious allegations on the Aam Aadmi Party. Congress leaders issued videos and CCTV footage and claimed that ‘AAP councilors had not been sworn in an swimming function during the picked function. This video was built on the orders of the High Court. The Congress is alleged by ‘AAP “ignored the court orders and forcibly put the elections in his favor.