Chandigarh Mayor elections will be held on January 24. The administration has issued a notification.
Elections for Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation will be held on January 24. Notification for the elections has been issued by the administration. This time nominated councilor Ramnik Bedi has been posted as presiding officer. Voting will be done by secret ballot only
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DC visited the corporation
As soon as the notification of Mayor election was released, DC Nishant Yadav visited the Municipal Corporation office. Also, he has taken stock of the condition of the Municipal Corporation in which elections are to be held. During this time, he has made strategies regarding everything from installing cameras to other things. However, last year the issue of corporation elections became heated. The election battle had reached from the High Court to the Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court’s decision, the India Alliance was successful in making him the mayor.
Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections will be held on January 24.
preparing to go to court
This time also the atmosphere is heated regarding the Municipal Corporation elections. Aam Aadmi Party and Congress argue that the tenure of current Mayor Kuldeep Kumar should be till 19 February 2025, because the Supreme Court had finalized the mayor election by ordering on 20 February 2024. However, voting for mayor was held on January 30, 2024. Leaders of both the parties say that if elections are held before February 20, they will go to court.
Shock from Supreme Court
In Chandigarh, BJP was successful in making its mayor from 2016 to 23 continuously, but in last year’s elections, BJP had to lose the mayor’s post. However, in the meeting hall, BJP was successful in making the mayor. But Congress and Aam Aadmi Party had taken this election process to the Supreme Court. Where BJP had suffered a setback.