Chandigarh Local Body Election Result 2021 Live News: AAP's Neha Musawat and her supporters celebrate as the candidate emerged victorious from ward no 19.Chandigarh Municipal Election 2021 Results: In a massive boost for the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab, it won 14 of the 35 wards in Chandigarh, a city administered by the Centre and ruled by the BJP, results for which were declared on Monday. The BJP, which had swept the last Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls winning 21 of 26 wards, ended second, with 12. The Congress won eight wards and the Akali Dal 1.
As the Aam Aadmi party emerged as the surprise frontrunner in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, senior leader of the party Raghav Chadha said that it was a “victory of Kejriwal’s model of governance as people were yearning for a change for years”.
Nine counting centres were set up for 35 wards of the municipal corporation, and counting began at 9 am.
The polling percentage remained at 60.45 per cent this year, which was held on December 24. Traditionally, the municipal election – held every five years – has seen a locking of horns between the BJP and the Congress, but the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party made the contest this time triangular.
The BJP is likely to play the role of senior partner in its alliance with Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa's SAD (Sanyukt) in Punjab, and the coalition is unlikely to project any chief ministerial face in the run-up to the election, sources said on Monday.
Former Punjab chief minister Singh and former Union Minister Dhindsa on Monday met the BJP top leadership, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda here.
After the meeting at Shah's residence, the BJP's Punjab incharge and Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat formally announced that all three parties will contest elections and will come up with a common manifesto. (PTI)
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday said his party, the BJP and the SAD (Sanyukt) have come together in the interest of national security and progress of the state, and claimed that the coalition will win next year's Assembly polls. Amarinder Singh had quit the Congress after his unceremonious exit as the CM and launched his party the Punjab Lok Congress.
"I am happy that we have come together in the interest of the national security, welfare and progress of Punjab," Amamrinder Singh said after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and the SAD (Sanyukt) chief Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa in New Delhi.
The former chief minister said he is happy that the three parties agreed to fight the elections together with a mission to bring back glory to Punjab. "With the BJP governments both at the Centre and in the state, Punjab will be on an irreversible trajectory of growth and development driven by a double engine," he said in a statement. (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab on January 5 to lay the foundation stone of PGI satellite centre at Ferozepur. This will be his first visit to the state after the repeal of the farm laws.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is slated to visit Punjab on January 3.
It was an outcome which no one had imagined. In a city like Chandigarh, which is administered by Centre, and has always been ruled either by Congress or BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) winning the most number of seats in the civic polls came as a major surprise on Monday.
AAP won 14 seats, BJP came second with 12, while Congress won in eight wards and the Akali Dal in one.
The Indian Express looks at five reasons why AAP scored big in the Chandigarh municipal elections. (Explained)
After condemning Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu on social media for his purported comments against police personnel, Chandigarh DSP Dilsher Singh Chandel slapped a defamation notice against the senior Congress leader on Monday.
Through the notice, DSP Chandel has sought unconditional public apology in writing and through print, electronic and social media for injury/loss of honour of the police force. The notice states, “It was clearly mentioned that no monetary compensation was sought for the reason that the prestige and reputation of the Punjab force cannot and should not be expressed in monetary terms keeping in view their hard duties and supreme sacrifices.” Read More
The BJP will contest the assembly polls in Punjab in alliance with Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa’s SAD (Sanyukt), and the parties will issue a joint manifesto, Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat said on Monday.
Both Singh and Dhindsa, a Rajya Sabha MP, met with the BJP top brass, including president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at Shah’s residence here to chalk out a strategy for the polls.
“A meeting attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda, Amarinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa was held here. And it was decided that the BJP, Singh’s party and Dhindsa’s party will jointly contest upcoming assembly polls in Punjab,” Shekhawat told the media after the meeting. Read More
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Monday filed a petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking anticipatory bail. His bail plea had been dismissed by a district court in Mohali on December 24.
Majithia has been booked by the Punjab Police for his alleged involvement in a drugs case.
Seeking anticipatory bail before the HC, Majithia through his counsels—senior advocate RS Cheema and advocates Arshdeep Singh Cheema, Damanbir Singh Sobti and Somnath Tayal—stated that the current government is “targeting” him and has turned the issue into a poll plank. Read More
"People of Chandigarh have proved that in a democracy, people are supreme, not leaders. Despite having Mayor, Chandigarh administration (Governor) and PM from BJP, the people of Chandigarh have trusted the AAP. People of Punjab have also made up their minds. People want development," said Bhagwant Mann in a press conference after AAP won the Chandigarh civic polls.
Former Mohali mayor Kulwant Singh joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the presence of party leaders Bhagwant Maan and Raghav Chadha on Monday. Kulwant is the likely candidate of AAP from Mohali constituency for the assembly elections next year.
Kulwant Singh’s political career started from Mohali Municipal Council (MC) in mid 90s when he became the president of the civic body. He became the first mayor of the city in 2015 in a dramatic way after rebelling against the Shiromani Akali Dal. Read More
AAP convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Monday, following the party's win in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, said 'this victory of the Aam Aadmi Party is a sign of the coming change in Punjab.' He said that today the people of the state have 'rejected corrupt politics and chosen the honest politics of AAP.' Kejriwal also congratulated the winning candidates and party workers.
As the Aam Aadmi party emerged as the surprise frontrunner in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, senior leader of the party Raghav Chadha said that it was a “victory of Kejriwal’s model of governance as people were yearning for a change for years”.
Speaking with The Indian Express, Chadha added, “Both the BJP and Congress had captured the seats for the past 12-13 years. However, this time, people will prove that they wanted a change.”
Chadha is currently in Chandigarh with AAP leaders and said he was elated with the current trends as AAP was leading the polls. Speaking on the party leading in areas which are considered to be a hub of the BJP, he said, “It is a clear victory for the Kejriwal model of governance. It shows that people of Chandigarh were seeking a change and so are the people of Punjab.” Read More
Aam Aadmi Party wins in 14 wards, BJP wins in 12 wards, Congress wins in 8 wards, Shiromani Akali Dal wins in 1 ward, as per the State Election Commission.
AAP leader Raghav Chadha said, I thank the people of Chandigarh on behalf of AAP and Arvind Kejriwal to have given such love and trust to a small and honest party like ours, who contested elections here for the first time ever. Chandigarh is just a trailer, Punjab is the movie."
AAP's Neha Musawat, who was the youngest candidate in the fray in the recently-concluded municipal polls, emerged victorious from ward no 19.
As of 2 pm, the AAP remained ahead with a victory in 14 seats, withthe BJP trailing close behind with 11 seats going to their candidates.
The Congress has won 8 seats so far and the Shiromani Akali Dal has won one seat so far.
The result of one seat remains to be declared.
In ward 26, AAP's Kuldeep Kumar won by defeating Congress' Jatinder Kumar.
From ward 31, Aam Aadmi party's Lakhbir Singh won after defeating sitting councillor of BJP Bharat Kumar by a margin of 1,062 votes
AAP has won 14 seats.
BJP has won 10 seats.
Congress won 5 seats and is leading on 1.
Shiromani Akali Dal has won one seat so far.
As the Aam Aadmi party emerged as the surprise frontrunner in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, senior leader of the party Raghav Chadha said that it was a “victory of Kejriwal’s model of governance as people were yearning for a change for years”.
Chadha added, “Both the BJP and Congress had captured the seats for the past 12-13 years. However, this time, people will prove that they wanted a change.”
Speaking on the party leading in areas which are considered to be a hub of the BJP, he said, “It is a clear victory for the Kejriwal model of governance. It shows that people of Chandigarh were seeking a change and so are the people of Punjab.”
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Of the 35 total wards in Chandigarh, AAP has won in 10 and leading in two, as of 12.45 pm. The BJP has won in seven seats and is leading in three seats.
Meanwhile, the Congress has won five seats and is leading on one seat.
AAP candidate Taruna Mehta secured a victory from ward 18, defeating BJP's sitting councillor Sunita Dhawan.
Meanwhile, AAP's Anju Katyal defeated BJP's sitting councillor Heera Negi from ward 22.