Highlights of the MCD mayoral election in Delhi:
Mayoral election postponed as House adjourned amid clashes between AAP and BJP lawmakers
Delhi faces its first single mayoral election in a decade since the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) was merged last year. Aam Aadmi party, which won the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) election by winning 134 seats, fielded his two candidates, Ashu Thakur and her Shelly Oberoi. Rekha Gupta, his three-year Alderman of Shalimar Bagh, is the BJP's mayoral candidate. The AAP has nominated Aaley Mohammad Iqbal and Jalaj Kumar as candidates for deputy mayor. The AAP ended his 15-year rule of the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party with his MCD elections held on 4 December. In the latest development, the AAP lamented a foul of the Deputy Governor of Delhi in appointing BJP councilor Sathya Sharma as head of the MCD and subsequently appointing 10 councilors to citizenship. Stay tuned to India Today for live updates.
Delhi mayoral election postponed amid clashes between AAP and BJP lawmakers
Delhi's mayoral election has been postponed to Friday after clashes between the AAP and his BJP city council. Amid confusion and clashes between AAP and BJP lawmakers, the MCD House adjourned before the mayoral polls began.Sources said no mayoral election will be held in Delhi today and the next date is yet to be determined. Today's MCD House meeting has been postponed.
The chair will decide how to proceed further, sources say
The House is currently in recess, sources said. The chair decides how to proceed.
"If the situation continues, the House of Representatives may convene tomorrow," the source said.
