After the mayoral polls in Delhi were delayed, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena said that he didn't appoint the presiding officer because of the 'absence of inputs" from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody.
The scheduled election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Delhi has been postponed as the nomination of the Presiding Officer, which is mandatory, has not taken place, the MCD Secretary informed in an official notice.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation has sent a formal request to the Election Commission seeking permission to conduct elections for the positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor on April 26.
AAP's candidates Mahesh Khichi and Ravinder Bhardwaj filed nominations for Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts respectively for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections on Thursday.
The returning officer in the Chandigarh Mayoral Polls, Anil Masih, on Friday tendered an unconditional apology before the Supreme Court for making a false statement that the ballots were invalid.
Former England cricket captain and batting great Kevin Pieterson came down heavily on London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday and voiced concern over the prevailing law and order situation in the metropolis in light of a stabbing incident in a train.
Congress candidates for the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the notification for election for February 27, stating that the entire process should start "afresh".
A day after going all out against the Centre in light of the Supreme Court order, overturning the verdict of the Chandigarh mayoral polls and calling it in favour of the AAP, the party's national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday launched a blistering attack