Aam Aadmi Party Councillors have written a letter to McD's Presiding Officer demanding the debarment of nominated councillors from voting in the election of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor & Standing Committee, which is to be held tomorrow, February 6.
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, VK Saxena on Wednesday approved February 6 to hold the election of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and the six-Member Standing Committee. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia had proposed the election date.
An appeal was made on behalf of the Aam Aadmi Party that the elections of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Standing Committee should be held in Delhi as soon as possible and it should also be ordered that aldermen who are nominated councillors cannot vote. Not only in the constitution but also in the
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Dipankar Datta said it will hear the case on February 3 after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the matter for urgent hearing.
On Tuesday, the elections for the Delhi Mayor were postponed after the House was adjourned sine die following a ruckus between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors.
The house was adjourned after Presiding officer Satya Sharma said the proceedings cannot be conducted amid sloganeering from both AAP and BJP councillors.
The process of administering the oath began at the Civic Centre here with Presiding officer Satya Sharma of the BJP who took the oath to the aldermen, the members nominated by the Lt Governor before administering the oath to the elected councillors.
Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena on Monday approved the convening of the meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on January 24 for the oath of affirmation, the election of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and six members to the Standing Committee, said sources.
Amid the brawl between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over the election of a new mayor for Delhi which stalled the mayoral elections, AAP is now trying to seek support from the Congress councillors.
The BJP is protesting near Raj Ghat a day after the ruckus during the Delhi Mayor polls whereas Kejriwal's party is doing the same outside the LG House.