Chandigarh, Dec. 10 -- The central government on Tuesday clarified in the Lok Sabha that it was not examining any proposal to increase the tenure of the Chandigarh mayor from the existing one year to five years. The clarification came in response to a question raised by member of Parliament Manish Tewari.

Notably, this does not amount to the Centre rejecting any plan to extend the term. On December 5, Tewari had introduced a Private Member's Bill seeking a five-year tenure for the mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor - a proposal that will follow its own legislative course when taken up by the House.

Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written reply, said no proposal was currently under consideration to amend t...