NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday launched a scathing assault on Bharatiya Janata Get together and accused it of stealing the mandate by wrongly overpowering the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Throughout his tackle in Delhi meeting, AAP convenor stated that in keeping with guidelines solely the mayor can convene a gathering of the MCD Home however the lieutenant governor modified it and directed a further commissioner of the civic physique to do it.
“Is that this election?” he posed and accused the BJP of resorting to “hooliganism”.
The previous chief minister claimed that as per the rule, a discover needs to be despatched to each councillor 72 hours earlier than the assembly, but it surely was not adopted.
Chief minister Atishi additionally termed the election of the sixth member of the Standing Committee unlawful and unconstitutional.
Taking to X, Atishi stated, “The election to the sixth member of the Standing Committee declared by the Central Govt appointed MCD Commissioner, on the instructions of BJP’s lieutenant governor is prohibited and unconstitutional.”
“As per the MCD Act, solely the Mayor has the facility to convene the Home and to be Presiding Officer. If an Addl Commisioner replaces the Mayor within the Company at this time, tmrw BJP might need the Dwelling Secy exchange the Speaker within the Lok Sabha!” she added.
In the meantime, BJP’s successful candidate Sunder Singh Tanwar refuted the allegations and stated that AAP knew that they’d free the ground take a look at and thought it was higher to run away from the election.
” I thank the highest management for having religion in me. AAP additionally had filed their nomination however they may not have had belief in their very own councillors, they thought it was higher to run away from the election,” Tanwar stated
“They got alternatives a number of occasions…everyone was given time of 1 pm at this time however they didn’t present up. the Presiding Officer performed the election free and truthful. I gained,” he added.
MCD LoP and BJP Councillor Raja Iqbal Singh additionally stated, ” That is the win of democracy. AAP knew they’d lose the ground take a look at in order that they left battleground.
“AAP is sweet at mendacity. They will go to court docket however the court docket at all times pulls them up,” he added.
BJP gained the final vacant seat of MCD’s 18-member Standing Committee unopposed because the councillors of the ruling AAP and Congress boycotted the election. The BJP’s candidate Sunder Singh acquired all 115 votes of the occasion’s councillors whereas the AAP’s Nirmala Kumari didn’t obtain any vote.
The standing committee is the very best decision-making physique of the Municipal Company of Delhi.
With this ballot outcome, the BJP now has 10 members within the panel whereas the ruling AAP has solely eight.
The seat had fallen vacant after BJP councillor Kamaljeet Sehrawat was elected because the Lok Sabha MP from West Delhi.
Within the election, the BJP’s Sunder Singh acquired all 115 votes of the BJP councillors whereas the AAP’s Nirmala Kumari didn’t obtain any vote.
