AAP-Congress Stage Protest After Chandigarh Mayoral Election Gets Postponed

The Chandigarh mayoral election has been postponed to 6 February.

The high-stakes mayoral election in Chandigarh that was scheduled to take place on Thursday, 18 January, has been postponed to 6 February.

The election was deferred as Anil Masih, the presiding officer that had been nominated to oversee the election, fell ill and had to be hospitalised, according to a report by Hindustan Times.

However, the last-minute development has not gone down well with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress.

The mayoral race in Chandigarh has been widely anticipated because it will be the first time that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will go head-to-head with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – with just months to go for the nation-wide Lok Sabha elections.