Chandigarh Mayoral polls: Remove tainted official candidate, Kainth writes to PM Modi

Chandigarh | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Summary:

The candidate, Rajesh Kalia, is involved in many bad activities and cases, which are being published daily in newspapers. Kainth remained resolute in his decision to contest the polls even as official candidate Kalia said his efforts to pacify him are on. “These days Chandigarh BJP has put itself in a very shameful position due to its wrong decision on (the) mayoral candidature from SC category. With just two days left for Chandigarh mayoral polls, rebel BJP candidate Satish Kainth — who has filed nomination as an Independent — not just refused to step down, but also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to “weed out the tainted official candidate, Rajesh Kalia”. “Intentionally, another candidate has been fielded so that the official one loses and the onus is put on the MP..