Chandigarh, Jan. 30 -- Just a day before the high-stakes mayoral elections in Chandigarh, the incumbent mayor and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor, Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor, was on Wednesday booked in a corruption case, triggering political turmoil.

The timing of the FIR, which could potentially lead to Dhalor's arrest, left the AAP-Congress alliance on edge, with concerns that his absence from the vote could jeopardise their 20-vote majority in the 35-member municipal corporation (MC) House. A party needs 19 votes to win.

Concerned about the mayor's arrest before voting, AAP is reportedly considering approaching the Punjab and Haryana high court for a stay.

The FIR stemmed from a complaint by a Ram Darbar resident who accused Dhalor's bro...