NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) secured the ultimate vacant place on the Municipal Company of Delhi’s 18-member Standing Committee with out opposition on Friday, as councillors from the ruling Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) and Congress abstained from the election course of.
Sunder Singh, the BJP’s nominee, obtained all 115 votes from the celebration’s councillors, whereas Nirmala Kumari, the AAP’s candidate, didn’t garner any assist.
The standing committee holds the best decision-making authority throughout the Municipal Company of Delhi.
Following this election final result, the BJP has elevated its illustration within the panel to 10 members, whereas the ruling AAP now holds solely eight seats.
This marked the primary occasion the place the election came about with out the involvement of AAP and Congress councillors.
The emptiness arose after BJP councillor Kamaljeet Sehrawat was elected to the Lok Sabha, representing the West Delhi constituency.
After BJP gained the seat in MCD election, AAP known as it ‘unlawful and unconstitutional.’ Delhi’s former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned that the BJP folks had made MCD a den of loot.
“Everybody has seen their misdeeds through the mayoral elections in Chandigarh. Now they wish to do the identical in MCD. The mayor will conduct the election of the standing committee members, she requested for the election to be held on October 5. However LG sahab, who’s overseas, orders the election to be held at night time,” he mentioned.
Delhi CM Atishi known as it unlawful and unconstitutional and mentioned, “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 change the Speaker within the Lok Sabha!”
Mayor Shelly Oberoi declared the consequence ‘Null and Void’ and mentioned that the election outcomes of Standing committee sixth member declared by MCD commissioner is unlawful and unconstitutional.
