DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Punjab and Chandigarh affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh accused the BJP of murdering democracy in the mayoral election of Chandigarh. He said that in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, the residents of the city had voted the maximum number of 14 seats for the Aam Aadmi Party. AAP's victory in the mayor's election was certain, but the BJP deliberately canceled a vote of the Aam Aadmi Party by insulting the 'fatwa' of the public and declared its mayor forcibly. In a press conference held at the party headquarters here today, Jarnail Singh said that the elections for the mayor of Chandigarh clearly showed that there was a clandestine understanding between the BJP and the Congress to defeat AAP in the mayoral elections. After winning only 12 seats in the elections, the BJP inducted a councilor from the Congress party. Somehow BJP's vote figure reached 14 by including one vote of a Member of Parliament and it equaled AAP's with 14 votes. But the BJP, by flouting all the rules and regulations, got its candidate appointed as the mayor. He said that BJP has done a very shameful act by tarnishing the dignity of democracy in the election of the mayor. He also accused the officials of Chandigarh of helping the BJP. While issuing a warning, he said that in order to maintain the fairness of the election of the mayor, the votes should be re-counted and the mayor should be re-elected failing which Aam Aadmi Party will resort to a legal action. (editor@dailyworld.in)