New Delhi: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday attributed the BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar's win in the Chandigarh mayoral elections to "cheating in broad daylight". In his first reaction to the development, he said if the BJP could "stoop so low" in mayoral elections, it can go to any extent to win the Lok Sabha elections.
"The manner in which cheating has been done in broad daylight in the Chandigarh Mayor elections, is extremely worrying. If these people can stoop so low in a mayor's election, then they can go to any extent in the country's elections. This is very worrying," Kejriwal wrote on X.
BJP's Manoj Sonkar on Tuesday defeated AAP's Kuldeep Kumar in the mayoral elections in Chandigarh.
The AAP had contested the election in alliance with the Congress. Together, the AAP-Congress alliance had more votes in the 40-strong assembly than the BJP. However, due to the anonymous voting, cross-voting was expected.
The Chandigarh mayoral elections were originally scheduled on January 18. However, they were indefinitely postponed due to the illness of the presiding officer.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered that the election will be held on January 30.