BJP sweeps Chandigarh civic polls after 15 years

After a gap of 15 years, BJP today swept the city municipal corporation polls, drubbing the Congress in a keenly contested battle.
While BJP's Arun Sood was elected as a new mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, Davesh Moudgil of the party won the post of Senior Deputy Mayor, an election office spokesman said here.
The post of Deputy Mayor was won by Hardeep Singh of Shiromani Akali Dai (SAD0, which won the polls in alliance with the BJP.
Sood got 21 votes against the Congress candidate Mukesh Bassi who managed 15 votes.
Moudgil bagged 23 votes as against 13 of Darshan Garg while Hardeep got 21 votes as his opponent Gurbax Rawat manged 15 votes.

The CMC House has total 36 votes. BJP has 15 councillors, Congress 8, BSP 2, Independent one and one vote is of the city MP Kirron Kher and there are nine nominated councillors.
Sood is a lawyer by profession.