Chandigarh, Jan. 31 -- In a major jolt to the Congress-AAP alliance, BJP's Harpreet Babla on Thursday won the high-stake Chandigarh Mayoral polls against AAP candidate Prem Lata. The result is a severe political setback for the AAP-Congress alliance, which had 20 councillors before the election. This time the seat, with a tenure of a year, was reserved for women.
The Chandigarh Mayoral election for the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor, and deputy mayor were held in the Assembly Hall of the Municipal Corporation. The voting through secret ballot began at 11 am under the supervision of Justice Jaishree Thakur, retired judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court, who was appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the elections. No mobile phones,...