The high-octane political drama unfolded inside the Delhi Civic Centre on Monday as the House met for a third time this month to elect the mayor, only to be deferred till the next date due to ruckus over the nominated members being permitted to vote.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday announced that the AAP will move the Supreme Court against the BJP's allleged bid to stall the mayoral polls in the national capital.
Presiding officer Satya Sharma adjourned the House indefinitely. House adjourned for the third consecutive time. The election of the mayor, deputy mayor and the standing committee was postponed again. Aam Aadmi Party Councillors had written a letter to McD's Presiding Officer on Sunday, d
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.
This MCD statement came after, the AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj in a press conference said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "backstabbed" Delhiites by making officials unethically pass the MCD budget before the AAP won the civic body elections.
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.
Eight Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors have expressed their objection over the candidate selected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation alleging that he has been "imposed" from Delhi, informed sources.
The party accused the BJP of using hooliganism and conspiring to stop the election from occurring twice now. This is not only an insult to the mandate of the two crore people of Delhi, but it also wastes their time.
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