Vote Tampering Row: SC Declares Congress-AAP Candidate As Chandigarh Mayor
By Ritika Jain The Supreme Court today set aside the January 30 results of the Chandigarh Mayor Elections and declared Congress/AAP joint candidate Kuldeep Kumar as the winner after concluding that Anil Masih, the presiding officer, tampered with the ballots, in a dramatic turn of events. Kumar’s win comes after the top court declared the eight ballots in question as valid which gave him 20 votes, a clear majority over BJP leader Manoj Sonkar who was declared winner with 16 votes. Sonkar resigned on Sunday, even as three AAP councilors defected to the saffron party, “It is evident that Anil Ma...