What does the presiding officer have to say on the opposition's allegations?
Presiding Officer Anil Masih has spoken to news agency ANI amid the uproar over this entire matter. He said that the process of mayor election was going on quite peacefully. We had 36 votes including one MP. He further said that while releasing the ballot papers, the councilors of aam aadmi party and congress expressed concern about the marks on the ballot papers. We also agreed to his request and issued 11 new ballot papers.
Anil Masih further says, "Now after the voting, when I announced the results, I had requested the polling agents of both bjp and Aam Aadmi Party-Congress to check the ballot papers. But instead of checking the paper, the people of india Alliance jumped in. They came and captured the ballot paper and tore it." According to the presiding officer, it is not bjp but congress and aam aadmi party who have tried to kill democracy.
Now understand how important is the election of Mayor in Chandigarh?
1. chandigarh is the capital of punjab and haryana and in this election aam aadmi party and congress are contesting together. If the alliance experiment between congress and AAP had been successful, BJP's problems would have increased.
2. Despite the common man having the highest number of councilors, this Parchi is not able to get its mayor in the Municipal Corporation. The party was hopeful that by coming together with the congress, it would have won the elections comfortably this time.
3. There is one lok sabha seat in Chandigarh. If the alliance experiment of congress and AAP had been successful here, then it would undoubtedly have affected the lok sabha seat as well.