<p> Mohali: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's observations on the alleged rigging in the Chandigarh mayoral polls, saying the truth will triumph.</p>.<p>Mann's reaction came a day after the top court expressed annoyance after watching a video of the electoral proceedings during the Chandigarh mayoral polls.</p>.<p>"To save the country's democracy, we had to move the Supreme Court," said Mann while replying to a question on the apex court observations.</p>.<p> He said he welcomed the SC's observations.</p>.'Democracy was murdered': Priyanka Gandhi after SC's observations on Chandigarh mayoral polls.<p> "We expect that there will be a victory of truth," he asserted.</p>.<p> Mann said if the video of the poll proceedings is shown to a common man, he will ask how votes are counted as he was referring to the alleged 'tampering' with ballot papers by the presiding officer during the Chandigarh mayoral polls.</p>.<p> Appalled by the alleged defacing of ballot papers during the mayoral polls, the Supreme Court on Monday said it was a mockery of democracy and ordered that the ballots and the video of the electoral proceedings be preserved.</p>.<p> Taking note of an AAP councillor's plea alleging wrongdoing during the polls, the apex court issued notices to the Chandigarh authorities, including the civic body.</p>.<p> A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra expressed annoyance after watching the video of the electoral proceedings and said that, prima facie, the returning officer was defacing the ballot papers.</p>.<p> The AAP on Monday, while reacting to the top court's observations, said that it was a 'tight slap' on the face of the BJP.</p>.<p> The BJP on January 30 swept the Chandigarh mayoral polls against the AAP-Congress alliance.</p>.<p> Manoj Sonkar of the BJP had defeated AAP's Kuldeep Kumar for the mayor's post, polling 16 votes against his rival's 12. Eight votes were declared invalid.</p>.<p> The opposition councillors alleged that the presiding officer had tampered with the ballot papers, a charge rubbished by the BJP.</p>.<p> The AAP moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court and sought fresh elections under the supervision of a retired judge but the court refused to grant any interim relief. </p>
<p> Mohali: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's observations on the alleged rigging in the Chandigarh mayoral polls, saying the truth will triumph.</p>.<p>Mann's reaction came a day after the top court expressed annoyance after watching a video of the electoral proceedings during the Chandigarh mayoral polls.</p>.<p>"To save the country's democracy, we had to move the Supreme Court," said Mann while replying to a question on the apex court observations.</p>.<p> He said he welcomed the SC's observations.</p>.'Democracy was murdered': Priyanka Gandhi after SC's observations on Chandigarh mayoral polls.<p> "We expect that there will be a victory of truth," he asserted.</p>.<p> Mann said if the video of the poll proceedings is shown to a common man, he will ask how votes are counted as he was referring to the alleged 'tampering' with ballot papers by the presiding officer during the Chandigarh mayoral polls.</p>.<p> Appalled by the alleged defacing of ballot papers during the mayoral polls, the Supreme Court on Monday said it was a mockery of democracy and ordered that the ballots and the video of the electoral proceedings be preserved.</p>.<p> Taking note of an AAP councillor's plea alleging wrongdoing during the polls, the apex court issued notices to the Chandigarh authorities, including the civic body.</p>.<p> A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra expressed annoyance after watching the video of the electoral proceedings and said that, prima facie, the returning officer was defacing the ballot papers.</p>.<p> The AAP on Monday, while reacting to the top court's observations, said that it was a 'tight slap' on the face of the BJP.</p>.<p> The BJP on January 30 swept the Chandigarh mayoral polls against the AAP-Congress alliance.</p>.<p> Manoj Sonkar of the BJP had defeated AAP's Kuldeep Kumar for the mayor's post, polling 16 votes against his rival's 12. Eight votes were declared invalid.</p>.<p> The opposition councillors alleged that the presiding officer had tampered with the ballot papers, a charge rubbished by the BJP.</p>.<p> The AAP moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court and sought fresh elections under the supervision of a retired judge but the court refused to grant any interim relief. </p>