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The Supreme Court had earlier declared Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor Kuldeep Kumar as the winner of the Chandigarh mayoral polls.

The Supreme Court’s prompt intervention and its decision to exercise its inherent power ensured the protection of the democratic mandate. The three weeks that it would have taken the high court to hear the matter would have led to horse-trading, as was already happening

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Bharatiya Janata Party’s Manoj Sonkar was declared as the Mayor after he bagged 16 votes against the 12 votes received by the Congress-AAP candidate

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will repeat Mayor Shelly Oberoi and Deputy Mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal as its candidates for the respective posts in the April 26 MCD mayoral polls, senior party leader Sanjay Singh said on Monday.

As the voting for MCD standing committee carried on till late on Wednesday amid adjournments, the BJP accused AAP of cross voting in the election for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor which underwent earlier in the day.

The members of Delhi's civic body appointed by the Lieutenant Governor cannot vote in the election to appoint a mayor, the Supreme Court said today, in what could possibly end the tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP.

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Heavy deployment of police was in place for the meeting at the Civic Centre building, the MCD headquarters.