The elections for president, senior vice-president and vice-president of the Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib and Mandi Gobindgarh Municipal Councils, scheduled to be held on Tuesday, were postponed.
According to a letter issued by Fatehgarh Sahib SDM Karan Gupta, the meeting of the MC Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib was postponed on administrative grounds. The election will now be held on June 25. Sources, however, claimed that the ruling AAP had failed to arrive at a consensus on a single candidate for the post of council president, prompting the postponement of the meeting.
The election process was also deferred in Mandi Gobindgarh. Amloh SDM Harveer Kaur informed Congress councillors who had assembled for the meeting that a councillor had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, alleging that due procedure had not been followed while convening the meeting. The court reportedly directed that a 72-hour notice be given before holding the election, following which the meeting was postponed and rescheduled for June 26.
