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.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have 14 councillors each, while Congress has six councillors, making the situation surrounding Chandigarh's mayoral election interesting.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday sent a proposal to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena urging him to conduct mayoral polls for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi before January 30.
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday included a councillor from Congress in the Delhi Haj Committee, a move that came after the ruling Aam Aadmi Party alleged a nexus between the BJP and Congress ahead of the Mayoral polls.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday termed the move to invite the nominated councillors for taking oath ahead of the elected ones in the Mayoral polls "unconstitutional" while citing the Constitution.
A war of words started between Aam Adami Party and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders over the ruckus and clash at the Civic Centre for the order in which to take oath before the commencement of the election to determine Delhi's mayor, deputy mayor and other leaders on Friday
Ahead of Delhi mayoral polls scheduled to be held on January 6, Independent councillor Gajendra Daral on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Daral recently won the held civic body polls from Mundka.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): The voting hall in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office is all set for Tuesday's mayoral elections along with polls for chairpersons of four standing committees.