The AAP will petition the Supreme Court if the House fails to re-elect Delhi’s mayor
On Monday, the Delhi Municipal House adjourned for the third time in a month without electing a mayor. AAP decided to seek the Supreme Court
Even though the MCD election was held two months ago, and three attempts at the Delhi municipal House were made, the national capital still did not have a mayor. For the third time in a month, the House was adjourned without a mayor being elected. The AAP , which won the Delhi Municipal Corporation election 2022, decided to seek the Supreme Court so that the polls can be held in a “court-monitored manner”.
Following a disturbance and bitter exchanges between members of the BJP and the AAP, the presiding officer postponed the first two sessions of the municipal House, held on January 6 and January 24, without electing a mayor.
The following are the most recent developments on the Delhi mayor election:
1. The municipal House failed to elect a mayor on Monday after a squabble developed over the right of nominated members to vote in the election.
2. Soon after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House reconvened around 11:30 a.m., after a half-hour delay, Presiding Officer Satya Sharma announced that aldermen will be able to vote in simultaneous elections for mayor, deputy mayor, and Standing Committee members. AAP councilors objected to this. Aldermen, according to party head Mukesh Goel, do not have the right to vote.
3. After leaving the House, AAP leader Atishi told reporters, “We will go to the Supreme Court, and we will go today so that the mayoral elections can be held under the supervision of the court.” She said that the BJP intended to disrupt the proceedings for the House to be postponed. Following the resumption of the house proceedings, BJP members began sloganeering, accusing the AAP of seeking to poach its councilors.
4. Speaking during a press conference, AAP leader Sanjay Singh declared, “We will immediately go to the Supreme Court to have the mayoral election conducted.”
5. The mayor and deputy mayor are to be elected at the first session of the House following the civic polls, according to the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act of 1957. However, it has been two months since the municipal elections on December 4, and Delhi still does not have a mayor.
6. On Sunday, Aam Aadmi Party Councillors wrote to McD’s Presiding Officer, demanding that aldermen be barred from voting in today’s election of the mayor, deputy mayor, and Standing Committee.
