As the emotive issue surrounding the territorial claim over Chandigarh continues to boil between Punjab and Haryana, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation on Thursday passed a resolution stating that the city should remain a Union Territory.
The resolution was passed at a special meeting of the corporation general house, which was summoned by Mayor Sarabjit Kaur, who is from the Bharatiya Janta Party. The resolution also said the city should get its own Legislative Assembly so that residents can decide policies.
The BJP has 13 councillors in the 35–member corporation, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has 14, the Congress seven and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has one.
