Chandigarh mayor Manoj Sonkar resigns, 3 Aam Aadmi Party councillors join BJP. Here's what happened

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AAP, Cong ‘mutually agreed’ to go solo in Punjab says Arvind Kejriwal "Chandigarh councillors Punam Devi, Neha Musawat, and Gurcharan Kala have joined BJP today. They are unhappy with the behaviour of their party with them. BJP will respect them and they will help in the development of Chandigarh," Vinod Tawde told ANI.

Neha Musawat, who joined the BJP alleged that the AAP party made false promises to us. "Today after getting inspired by the work of PM Modi, I have joined BJP," Musawat said. ‘Congress does not deserve…’: AAP offers one seat for INDIA bloc ally in Delhi Meanwhile, Punam Devi, who joined the BJP said that she joined BJP after getting inspired from the work done by PM Modi.

"I joined BJP after getting inspired from the works done by PM Modi... I have left AAP because they are a fake party," Devi said. The third councillor who joined the BJP, Gurcharan Kala said, "I belonged to BJP and I will also be with BJP...

I have joined the party after getting inspired by the work of PM Modi." Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on allegations of irregularities in the vote-counting process, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manoj Sonkar resigned from the post of Chandigarh Mayor on Sunday. AAP to fight all 14 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal The mayoral elections case is listed before the Supreme Court on February 19. Earlier on February 5, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the Returning Officer who held the Chandigarh Mayor elections, saying he was "murdering democracy" and ordered the preservation of the entire record of the election process, including ballot papers, videography and other material, through the Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana High Court.