Chandigarh civic body elections: SAD, BSP decide on seats

Chandigarh, October 27

The city Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the city Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today declared the wards they would contest from in the Municipal Corporation (MC) elections scheduled to be held in December.

As per the seat-sharing arrangement, 19 seats will be contested by the SAD and the remaining 16 by the BSP. There are a total of 35 seats.

Addressing a press conference, SAD president Hardeep Singh and BSP president Gurcharan Singh Kamboj said the SAD would contest from new ward numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 33 and 34, while the BSP would contest from ward numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 28, 29, 31, 35.

In the 2016 MC elections, the SAD and the BJP had fought as alliance partners. Of the total 26 seats, the BJP contested on 22 seats and the SAD fought on four. The saffron party won 20 seats and the SAD could win only one seat. The BSP fought on 18 seats, but drew a blank. This time, other than old rivals the BJP and the Congress, the AAP is also in the fray from all seats.

‘Dhobhi ghats’ on agenda for House meeting

Chandigarh: Having failed to properly run and earn from its seven ‘dhobhi ghats’ for several years, the MC is again bringing the agenda in the House meeting to be held on October 29. As per the agenda, dhobhi ghats in Sectors 19, 20, 27, 22, 32, 7 and 15 will be renovated by the MC. Each ghat will have to pay Rs5,000 fee per year to the civic body. No people will be allowed to use the place as a residence. — TNS