Delhi mayor election: House adjourned amid clash between AAP, BJP | Photos
Published on Jan 06, 2023 07:26 PM IST
- The MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) House was adjourned on Friday after chaos erupted following a clash between the AAP and the BJP over the mayoral elections. Councillors from both parties clashed, then took to protest with sloganeering against each other before voting commenced. The uproar began when presiding officer Satya Sharma, appointed by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena over the AAP's Mukesh Goyal's recommendation, invited nominated councillors or aldermen (those who traditionally cannot vote) to take the oath ahead of elected members (those who can vote). AAP has nominated Shelly Oberoi for the mayoral, while the BJP has nominated Rekha Gupta. After three civic bodies were merged into one last year, voting for Mayor was set to take place for the first time. The LG will announce new mayoral election dates.
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For more than an hour, the MCD house witnessed high drama as Delhi was about to elect its first single mayor in 10 years after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was unified last year.(Raj K Raj/ HT Photo)
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The presiding officer, MCD commissioner and other officials left the house after the ruckus in the house.(Raj K Raj/ HT Photo)
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AAP members got into heated arguments with their BJP counterparts, who retaliated by raising slogans against the AAP and its convener Arvind Kejriwal.(Raj K Raj/ HT Photo)
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The oathtaking was stopped and the meeting was disrupted as the AAP councillors stood on the tables raising slogans against BJP.(Raj K Raj/ HT Photo)
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