This will be the first Delhi MCD mayoral election after the redrawing of wards.
New Delhi:
Before the swearing-in ceremony at the MCD Civic Centre, AAP and BJP corporators entered the Well and raised slogans. When the presiding officer and BJP councilor Satya Sharma started administering oath to the nominated BJP members in front of the elected councilors of AAP, the councilors started protesting.
The AAP has slammed the Delhi LG’s move to appoint BJP councilor Satya Sharma as temporary speaker, claiming that he “skewed” the civic body in favor of the BJP.
Delhi will get its next mayor today, a month after a high-stakes battle for control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi saw the ruling Aam Aadmi Party defeat the BJP after three terms in power.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP has fielded Shaili Oberoi against BJP’s Shalimar Bagh corporator Rekha Gupta for the top post in the civic body.
The Congress has said it will not participate in the elections, choosing not to support either the AAP or the BJP.
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BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi said that AAP is creating ruckus in the house before the election of the mayor in the capital. “Why are you scared when they are in the majority? You MPs do the same in the Rajya Sabha. They should be allowed to vote,” he said.
Sanjay Singh said, “BJP was defeated in the elections, so it is resorting to hooliganism in the House. Two-time Aam Aadmi Party corporator Praveen Kumar was attacked by BJP members inside the House. Congress is in collusion with BJP in this.” ” In his tweet.
BJP’s bloody game in the Lok Sabha elections, if the people defeated in the elections, then BJP is doing hooliganism in God. Two-time Aam Aadmi Party councilor Praveen Kumar was attacked by BJP members inside the House. Congress hand in hand with BJP in this work. pic.twitter.com/Vk4OmfzYdo
– Sanjay Singh Aap (@SanjayAzadSln) January 6, 2023
“AAP Doesn’t Trust Its Councillors”: BJP’s Manoj Tiwari To NDTV
BJP leader Manoj Tiwari said AAP is obstructing the mayoral election process as it does not trust its corporators and has lost the election. The BJP, which lost the civic polls after being in power thrice, has claimed that it will win the mayor’s post. The anti-defection law does not apply to the civic body and councilors can vote to elect a BJP mayor.
“BJP has stooped so low to hide its misdeeds in MCD! Postponed elections, appointment of presiding officer illegally, appointment of illegally nominated corporators, and now people’s elected corporators are not being sworn in. … If you cannot respect the verdict of the people, then why hold elections?” Manish Sisodia said in a tweet.
BJP people will stoop so low to hide their misdeeds in MCD!
Electoral rigging, illegal appointment of presiding officers, illegal appointment of nominated councilors, and now the elected members of the public are not sworn in….
If you cannot respect the verdict of the public, then why the elections?– Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) January 6, 2023
That’s why you councilors are opposing the Lt. Governor, BJP at the Civic Center
The protest at the MCD Civic Center began when the presiding officer and BJP corporator Satya Sharma administered the oath of office to all BJP members as aldermen in front of AAP’s elected corporators. The AAP raised slogans protesting the move and claimed that it was “illegal” to administer oath to nominated members in front of elected members.
Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony at the MCD Civic Center in the national capital, AAP and BJP corporators barged into the Well, climbed onto chairs and raised slogans. The protest began when AAP members raised slogans as the presiding officer and BJP corporator Satya Sharma was about to start the election process.
“Clear one-sided majority of AAP is going to come. By the end of the day, AAP is going to be mayor and AAP deputy mayor”: AAP MLA Atishi (@AtishiAAPtoday on mayor election of delhi pic.twitter.com/jo36Y31R5Q
– ndtv (@ndtv) January 6, 2023
Congress and BJP’s secrets have been exposed. The best case scenario for the BJP was to oust the Congress from the House.
And the Congress has agreed to this. In return, the BJP has made MCD Congress leader Ms. Nazia Danish a member of the Haj Committee.– Saurabh Bhardwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) January 6, 2023
AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, the Centre’s representative in Delhi, of trying to influence the election and deliberately choosing members so that the civic body is “skewed” towards the BJP. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Saxena on Thursday appointed BJP corporator Satya Sharma as pro-tem speaker to preside over the election in place of Mukesh Goyal, who was recommended by the AAP.
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