AAP challenges BJP to field own candidate for MCD mayor post

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to field its own candidate for the mayor post, claiming the BJP will support an Independent candidate.
Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha at a press conference claimed the BJP said it would not field any candidate for the mayor post.

"We have heard that the BJP is supporting an Independent candidate for the mayor post. What are they scared of that they are not fielding their own candidate?" he asked.
The AAP Friday finalised six names as its candidates for various MCD posts, including that of mayor and deputy mayor, with Shelly Oberoi emerging as the choice for the top post in the civic body.
On December 7, the AAP won the MCD polls with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in a house of 250.
(With inputs from PTI)