Delhi MC Mayor elections: Clash between BJP, AAP councillors ahead of picking new Mayor, Deputy Mayor

New Delhi, January 6: Huge ruckus was reported at Civic Centre before the commencement of voting for the MCD's Mayor elections on Friday. The ruckus was created regarding the swearing-in of nominated councillors.

BJP and AAP councillors clashed with each other and raised slogans against each other ahead of the Delhi Mayor polls at Civic Centre. Following the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) mayoral election, Delhi will pick a new Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Speaker of the House.

The AAP has fielded Shally Oberoi and the BJP has fielded Rekha Gupta for the post of Mayor. On Congress' decision to walk out during the voting, AAP leader and spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said, "The walkout of the Congress during the voting is directly benefiting the BJP, especially in the Standing Committee elections."

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AAP leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi alleged the fix-up between the Congress and the BJP was already decided. Citing the example of Congress councillor Nazia Danish from Zakir Nagar, Saurabh said, "The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena appointed Nazia Danish as a member of the Haj Committee without the consent of the Delhi government."

Saurabh even said through the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, the BJP was allotting posts to the Muslim councillors won by the Congress so that they helped the BJP in the election of the Congress Standing Committee.

Although Saurabh Bhardwaj claims his party would be victorious in the Standing Committee including Mayor, and Deputy Mayor, the AAP fears that the BJP might break into the Standing Committee with 274 votes, and 250 elected councillors will vote.

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Along with this, seven  Lok Sabha MPs of Delhi, three Rajya Sabha MPs and 14 MLAs among the nominated people, who have been made on the consent of the Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, will also take part in the voting.

Along with the post of mayor and deputy mayor, the standing committee members will also be elected.

Seven candidates are in the fray for six posts on the Standing Committee. AAP has fielded Amil Malik, Raminder Kaur, Mohini Jeenwal and Sarika Chowdhary while BJP has Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Gajendra Daral and Pankaj Luthra as its candidates for the Standing Committee.

In the MCD elections, the Aam Aadmi Party won 134 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party won 104 wards.