Delhi Mayor Election: MCD Meeting Will Be Held Again On Monday, Will Delhi Get Mayor This Time?

Municipal Corporation (MCD) House meeting has been called on Monday to elect the Mayor of Delhi. Before this, two attempts to elect the mayor have failed. Two months have passed since the municipal elections, but till now the city has not got a new mayor. The reason behind this is the tussle between BJP and AAP. , Delhi was to meet the Mayor in the first sitting of the House itself

Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act 928 Under this, the election of mayor and deputy mayor should be done in the first meeting of the municipal house itself. Before this, the meeting of the MCD House on January 6 and 24 was called twice on January, but due to uproar by BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilors, the presiding officer adjourned the proceedings without holding the election of the mayor.

BJP nominated Rekha Gupta for mayor, then AAP fielded Shelly Oberoi

) In the House meeting convened on February 6, the BJP has nominated Rekha Gupta as its candidate for the post of Mayor. On the other hand, Shelly Oberoi is involved in the race for the post of mayor. For Deputy Mayor, AAP and BJP have fielded Aale Mohammad Iqbal and Kamal Bagri respectively. Along with the mayor and deputy mayor, six members of the standing committee of the MCD are also to be elected.

Oath was administered to the councilors in the second meeting

After the elections held on December 4 last year The first session of the single-member body House went completely in vain while the second session Elected councilors took oath after the nominated members took oath. After the completion of the oath-taking proceedings, the second session of the House was adjourned by the Presiding Officer and BJP corporator Satya Sharma for the next date.

Uproar between BJP and AAP in the House meeting BJP members protested outside the chamber and raised anti-Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slogans while AAP members held a peaceful protest in the House for nearly five hours. After the proceedings of the civic body were adjourned, AAP leaders, including Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, claimed that the mayor’s election was not being allowed and the BJP was starting a dangerous tradition by strangling democracy.

AAP registered a thumping victory in MCD elections

AAP in MCD elections 104 emerged as the single largest party with councilors while the BJP 69 Seats were won. Congress had won nine seats.

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Sun, Feb 5, 2023, 6: 00 PM IST