Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has filed a complaint against councillors of the Aam Admi Party alleging criminal assault against women councillors of the BJP during the MCD's standing committee election in the Civic Centre.
After the Delhi Municipal Corporation Standing Committee election witnessed chaos on the third day, MCD Mayor Shelly Oberoi announced February 27 as the new date for the election on Friday.
Aam Admi Party's (AAP) MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that AAP received 138 votes in a poll of six Delhi MCD Standing Committee members and BJP received a lesser number.
A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking its intervention and direction to declare the current election process for six members of the Standing Committee to the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) as null and void.
Ahead of the election of six members of the MCD Standing Committee, Delhi MCD House witnessed sloganeering by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors.
In a jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party two days after it won the polls for the mayor and deputy mayor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Bawana councillor Pawan Sehrawat joined the BJP on Friday.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House was adjourned for the 13th time this morning until 10 am tomorrow due to a ruckus by the Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party councillors for the election of the members of the standing committee.
Chaos erupted in the house during the election for the members of the standing committee when BJP alleged that during the secret voting, the councillors were taking photographs of the ballots through their mobiles, which is a violation of the secret ballot.
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).
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.
Several Members of Parliament (MPs) cutting across the party lines expressed their concern while the Ministry of Law and Justice appeared before the Standing Committee for Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.