The Supreme Court said it will “not allow democracy to be murdered”. Here’s what went down during the Chandigarh mayoral election…
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00:30India had 20 votes in the mayor's election, and only 16 votes were with the BJP.
00:50When we were issuing our ballot papers to the Congress and you, they were seriously concerned about spots.
01:05There were around 11 ballot papers on which they asked us to change.
01:11I honored their request and I listened to them very well.
01:16And I issued new ballot papers to the 11 people who had some issues.
01:24Everything was going well.
01:26After the voting was cast, the vote counting started.
01:35But instead of checking the ballot papers, your councillor Iqmanur Premlata and some Congress councillors all of a sudden, within seconds, jumped in to disturb the process.
01:59They came and seized the ballot papers.
02:02They tore the ballot papers.
02:04And the Marshal Deputy of Chandigarh Police, from the Chandigarh Administration, intervened and got rid of the ballot papers.
02:12In the process of getting rid of the ballot papers, some of the ballot papers were torn.
02:16In the live telecast, it is seen that to derail the counting process, you and the Congress conspired.
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