BJP Wins Chandigarh Mayoral Election Amid Controversy

AAP and Congress, part of the INDIA bloc, protest over eight invalid votes as opposition alliance faces further weakening.

• BJP's Manoj Sonkar won the Chandigarh mayoral elections, defeating AAP's Kuldeep Kumar.
• Eight votes were declared invalid, triggering protests from AAP and Congress councillors.
• AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of 'dishonesty' and 'treason' in the election process.
• The Chandigarh election was the first major contest between the BJP and the newly formed INDIA bloc, an alliance of opposition parties including AAP and Congress.
• The loss in the Chandigarh election has weakened the opposition group, which is already on the edge of collapse after two of its biggest members, Trinamool and Janata Dal (United), walked out.

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