Drama continues over the Chandigarh mayor polls as the key election was cancelled after the presiding reported ill. The election which was touted to be the first face-off between the BJP and the I.N.D.I.A bloc saw the AAP and the Congress joining forces to take over the saffron party. Councillors of the Congress and AAP have reached the Municipal Corportation demanding to enter the building. AAP MP Raghav Chadha has also reached the spot and alleged that the BJP was scared of defeat. He said that the AAP and Congress will move the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the election to be held today.
Raghav Chadha said, "AAP and Congress have decided to approach the High Court for justice and ensure that the mayor election is held. It is clear that INDIA alliance is winning this election & BJP is losing. BJP has got scared of the INDIA alliance. We request the EC to appoint another presiding officer if the existing one has fallen ill but the election should take place today. We had valid passe to enter the election building, but we were told that entry had been closed as the presiding officer had suddenly fallen ill. To end democracy and free and fair elections in the country, BJP will do anything...."
Lashing out at the BJP, Chandigarh Congress chief Harmohinder Singh Lucky said, "The 'Operation Lotus' has failed in Chandigarh. They (BJP) can sense their defeat. They lost morally when they did not even turn up (to cast vote). We (AAP and Congress) all are here to cast our votes. This shows that the BJP cannot accept their defeat."
Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal said, "I have got information that the presiding officer has been hospitalised with the intention to postpone the mayor election by the BJP. They have done a totally undemocratic thing."