New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday suspended three councillors with immediate effect, a day after the party alleged cross-voting during the ward committee elections.
The councillors are Nirmala Devi and Krishna Devi Raghav from the West Zone, and Sultana Abad from the City SP Zone.
“Councillors who engaged in cross-voting against the party in the West Zone and City SP Zone have been suspended with immediate effect. Strict action will continue against any individual involved in anti-party activities,” the party said in a statement.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday won the chairperson’s post in 10 of the 12 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ward committees and secured five out of six seats in the civic body’s Standing Committee. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured the remaining two ward committees and one Standing Committee seat. With the results, the BJP strengthened its majority in the 18-member Standing Committee, which now comprises 12 BJP members and 6 AAP members.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that at a time when the BJP is committed to women’s empowerment and strengthening development at the ward level, the Aam Aadmi Party, by suspending three women councillors.