SAD to play key role in mayor Patiala issue-litmus test for Capt-Brahm
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Today at 4 pm a litmus test for former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his neighbor and Punjab local bodies minister Barhm Mohindra will begin at the mini parliament of Patiala-municipal corporation office to prove their superiority.
Capt Amarinder Singh and Brahm Mohindra will lead their councilors in the corporation office and will vote for their group.
On November 18, 2021, 42 municipal councilors of Patiala municipal corporation has submitted a request to mayor Patiala to convene a general house and prove his majority in the house. As per the law the mayor has to prove his majority within 14 days after receiving the notice.
Within a week mayor Patiala Sanjeev Sharma Bittu convened a general house of the municipal corporation Patiala to prove his meeting, on his birthday.
Today’s meeting will be chaired by the divisional commissioner Patiala, Chander Gaind (IAS) in which mayor has to prove his majority in the house. He has to show the house that 21 councilors are with him. As per information, mayor has the support of 20 MCs and he needs a one vote only.
Of the 60 seats in the House, 32 are in Captain’s constituency Patiala (urban) , 26 in local bodies minister Brahm Mohindra’s Patiala (rural) constituency and two in Sanaur, represented by Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra in the vidhan sabha.
In this 60 seat mini parliament congress have 59 member and SAD has one. Shiromani akali dal has two votes in this municipal corporation (1 vote of MLA and 1 vote of MC).
SAD to play key role in mayor Patiala issue-litmus test for Capt-Brahm. As per political pundits both SAD candidates will vote for mayor as Akalis have inner alliance with Capt Amarinder Singh, as alleged by other congress leadership. Moreover, if Chandumajra and his party municipal councilor vote for mayor, the Capt group will help them in Ghanour and Sanur constituencies , from where Prem Singh Chandumajra and his son Harinderpal Singh Chandujmajra are going to fight in the upcoming assembly elections. This will help Chandumajra’s in defeating the sitting MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur, once a close confidant of Preneet Kaur.
As per information congress party has deputed deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and cabinet minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa as the party observers.
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