Delhi Mayor Election Updates: Elected MCD Members, Aldermen Take Oath; House Adjourned Without Polls After Brawl

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, “AAP has 151 votes, while BJP has 111 votes and even after that they are not allowing the elections to happen. I would like to tell the Prime Minister and LG that the mandate of the people of Delhi is being killed. Even after losing the elections, they (BJP) are not allowing the elections to happen. This is a scary tendency.”

The House was adjourned before the mayoral election began due to a brawl between two councillors.

First-time councillor and former Delhi University professor Shelly Oberoi won the Delhi civic body election in December from a BJP stronghold.

Working harmoniously with all councillors for the betterment of the national capital will be the focus of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Aam Aadmi Party’s mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi had said earlier in December.

Shweta Daman Khatri of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was the first among elected members to take oath at the Civic Centre. The oath-taking ceremony is underway currently.

The ‘Nari Shakti’ tableau, reflecting women’s empowerment in Karnataka will be displayed at the Republic Day parade on ‘Kartavya Path’ (previously Rajpath) in New Delhi.

AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday accused Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena of issuing prosecution sanction by bypassing the city government, as per PTI. He said this has led to a situation where those accused of committing serious offences against the State might walk away free.

The Lt Governor-nominated members took oath first despite opposition from AAP councillors as the municipal House in Delhi reconvened on Tuesday amid heavy deployment of civil defence volunteers personnel and marshals.

Presiding Officer Satya Sharma administered the oath to the nominated members before the elected representatives as AAP members raised “shame shame” chants. AAP councillor Mukesh Goyal also objected to the nominated members being administered their oaths first, as per PTI. The nominated members raised slogans of “Jai Shri Ram” and “Bharat Mata ki Jai” after the ceremony.

The oath-taking ceremony is underway at the Civic Centre. Once it concludes, voting for the mayoral election will begin.

AAP MLAs raised objections as nominated members began taking oath, saying that elected members should take oath first. As nominated aldermen started taking the oath, AAP members shouted slogans.

Four unidentified persons impersonated ED officers and raided a businessman’s office in Mumbai’s Zaveri Bazaar area. They took Rs 25 lakhs cash and 3 kg gold worth Rs 1.70 crores from the office. Case has been registered. Police is trying to identify the accused from CCTV footage, said Mumbai police on Tuesday.

Authorities have stepped up security inside the municipal House and on the Civic Centre premises for the mayoral poll, scheduled to begin shortly.

AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj shared a video of heavy security deployment at the civic centre and asked if the BJP was planning to take over the Municipal Corporation. “Today BJP has brought force with sticks to take possession of Municipal Corporation. Have you seen this in any House?” he wrote in a tweet in Hindi.

Dry day has been declared on six days up to March in Delhi, when liquor sale at over 550 vends across the city will be prohibited. The sale of liquor will also be prohibited at bars and restaurants on Republic Day (January 26), according to a statement of the Delhi government on Monday. READ MORE