Two Chandigarh councillors return to Aam Aadmi Party weeks after joining BJP

Weeks after switching to the Bharatiya Janata Party, two councillors from the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation rejoined the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday, reported PTI.

At the time of voting for Chandigarh mayoral polls on January 30, the BJP had 14 councillors in the 35-member civic body, the Aam Aadmi Party had 13 and the Congress had seven. The Shiromani Akali Dal has one councillor.

However, on February 18, three Aam Aadmi Party councillors – Neha Musawat, Poonam Devi and Gurcharan Kala – joined the BJP. The development came two days before the Supreme Court set aside the result of the mayoral election declared by Anil Masih, the presiding officer, noting that he defaced the ballot papers to invalidate them.

On Saturday, Musawat and Devi returned to the Aam Aadmi Party, calling it their “ghar wapsi”, or return to home.

#WATCH | Chandigarh: Two of the three Councillors from the Aam Aadmi Party-Poonam Devi and Neha Musawat, who joined the BJP returned to the Aam Aadmi Party.

(Source: AAP) https://t.co/nQZTWeFdeC pic.twitter.com/1Y4Ezs0Mef— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2024

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