"Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections are scheduled to be held on April 26. CM and the party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal have decided that Dr Shelly Oberoi will again be our candidate in the election. For the Deputy Mayor post, Aaley Muhammad Iqbal is being retained as our candidate,"
Bhardwaj, who is a nominated member of MCD, while speaking to ANI, said, "It is necessary to conduct the election in April. Incumbent Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi has set April 26 as the date for this," Delhi government minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said.
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Hours after being elected as the Delhi mayor, Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday accused BJP councillors of trying to attack her during the Standing Committee elections of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
After three failed attempts by the municipal body to hold the election to the top post, Delhi Mayoral elections will be held on Wednesday in which the city is expected to get its new Mayor following the Supreme Court's ruling on the matter.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena "forcibly stopped" the Delhi government from presenting its stand in Supreme Court in the mayor election case
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved the proposal of convening the adjourned first meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on February 22 for election of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and six members of the standing committee, the LG said in a statement.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the election to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Mayor shall be conducted first and nominated persons have no right to vote in meetings of the Corporation.
It was approved by the central government-appointed special officer Ashwini Kumar--a first in over two decades as the mayoral election is still pending.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud orally observed that the constitutional provision is very clear that the nominated members cannot go for election.