20 Feb:
The Supreme Court has declared AAP candidate Kuldeep Kumar as the winner in the Chandigarh Mayoral elections. Kuldeep Kumar filed a petition in the Supreme Court. After this today the Supreme Court has canceled the results of the Chandigarh Mayor election. The court said that 8 votes received by Kuldeep Kumar were wrongly disqualified. Anil Masih, who was the presiding officer, is being issued a show cause notice for his conduct. Christ has to answer in 3 weeks.
On this occasion, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has tweeted on his X. He wrote that the truth has finally won... We welcome the verdict of the Supreme Court regarding the mayoral elections in Chandigarh... The CJI declared AAP's Kuldeep Kumar as the mayor while justifying the 8 votes rejected by the presiding officer. ... They have received a bitter response to the blatant bullying by the BJP... Congratulations to the people of Chandigarh on this great victory of democracy...
Let it be said that BJP's Manoj Sonkar defeated AAP-Congress alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar in the election for the post of mayor on January 30. Sonkar got 16 votes. Manoj Kumar got 12 votes. Presiding Officer Anil Masih declared 8 votes invalid. After this, Kuldeep Kumar started crying.
AAP councilor Kuldeep Kumar has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court. However, there was no interim relief. After this, he filed a petition in the Supreme Court. His petition was heard for the first time on February 7. Meanwhile, CJI DY Chandrachud made a sharp comment after watching the video.