Chandigarh: In a small but significant move the Congress and the Aam Admi Party will contest the Chandigarh Mayoral elections together. Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal said that it was decided that the AAP will contest the Mayor's post while the Congress would contest the senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor.
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"Lok Sabha elections are to come later; before that, the corporation elections have come. We have been discussing the same and it has been decided that AAP will contest for the post of mayor and Congress will contest for the post of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor. The result of this will be that our candidate from the INDIA bloc will be successful with a good majority," he said.
A total of 35 councillors will vote in the Chandigarh Mayor elections.
At present BJP has the votes of 14 councillors and one MP. Whereas the Aam Aadmi Party has 13 councillors and Congress has 7 councillors.
Shiromani Akali Dal has 1 councillor.
