New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Reacting to the Supreme Court's strong remark on Chandigarh Mayoral polls that the civic poll officer was "murdering democracy", Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that taking cognizance is not the only thing, let's wait for the next step of the apex court.

"What happens by taking cognizance? Cognizance was taken in Maharashtra too. The murder of democracy first happened in Maharashtra. What did the Supreme Court do? The Assembly Speaker did not listen to it (SC) and made a wrong decision and established an unconstitutional government, now we will see what the Supreme Court is going to do next," Raut told ANI.

The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the civic poll officer who held the Chandigarh Mayor electi...