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”.
On the other hand, city BJP chief Sanjay Tandon and Member of Parliament Kirron Kher, in a joint statement issued on Wednesday evening, declared that “BJP nominee Rajesh Kalia will win”. Kainth remained resolute in his decision to contest the polls even as official candidate Kalia said his efforts to pacify him are on.