Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have formed an alliance for the mayor elections in Chandigarh. Congress leader Pawan Bansal has announced this alliance. This alliance between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party has been made on certain conditions.
AAP will be mayor
In the alliance of Congress and AAP, if the results of the mayor's election are in favor of both the parties, then the Aam Aadmi Party councilor will be made the Mayor of Chandigarh. Whereas the Congress leader will be given the post of Deputy Mayor and Senior Deputy.
Know the equation of Chandigarh Mayor election
There are a total of 35 councilors in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. Apart from these 35 votes, the vote of the MP is also valid in the Mayor election. There are 14 councilors from BJP, 13 from AAP, 7 from Congress and one councilor from Akali Dal.
From the point of view of Mayor election, BJP has majority because apart from 14 councillors, they also have the votes of Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher. Earlier, due to this reason, BJP's Sarbjit Kaur and Anoop Gupta had become mayors for one year each.