Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, October 31: Stopping short of a merger, the BJP and the Chandigarh Vikas Manch(CVM) today announced an alliance for the December MC elections. Announcing the alliance at a joint press conference, the CVM chief, Mr Harmohan Dhawan, former BJP MP, Satya Pal Jain, and former Punjab minister, Kanwaljit Singh stressed on the consolidation of 'anti-Congress" forces.
Mr Dhawan claimed that there were no pre-conditions for joining the BJP after the MC poll. ...
...While Capt Kanwaljit Singh and Mr Dhawan were guarded in their criticism of the Congress-led MC, Mr Jain blasted the Congress for its "betrayal" of the people's faith during the past about five years. ...