Municipal Corporation of Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Saturday halted the re-election of the six members of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Standing Committee (MCD).

TRENDING This came hours after the municipal House was rocked by new altercations between the councillors of the BJP and the AAP. I did not fill out any forms, so nobody else was supposed to announce the result. Because of this, the counting procedure was not completed. The hearing has been rescheduled for March 27. No purpose will be served by conducting a fresh election.”

Justice Gaurang Kanth, in a special hearing held on a court holiday, said prima facie it appeared that the mayor, who was also the returning officer, ...

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Earlier on Friday, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi announced that the elections to six members of the standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi ...

The petitioner noted that mobile phones and pens are explicitly barred in the election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor. The Delhi High Court on Saturday put a stay on the re-election of members of the Standing Committee of MCD which was scheduled for February 27. Mayor Oberoi had barely started to announce the results when the ruckus began.

Delhi's Civic Centre descended into yet another bout of chaos and brawling as councillors from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

The real decision-making power is with the house of councillors, the standing committee, and the commissioner’s office — overlaps that are likely to lead to more stand-offs between AAP and the Union government. Friday’s episode means that since the MCD election results were declared on December 7, 2022, it has now been nearly 80 days that there is no working mechanism since some of the key positions and members are yet to be elected. Typically, the ballot paper has seven names on which members are supposed to number 1-7 in the order of preference. Aashu Thakur, another AAP councillor from CR Park, was seen being pulled away and dragged by her stole by a group of councillors. The committee is an 18-member body, where the remaining members are elected by zonal ward committees, where too the fight is expected to be a close one between AAP and BJP. AAP members denied the allegations, saying that the unreleased results showed a clear victory for the party and the disqualification was due to procedural problems. But as soon as the BJP realised it was at the losing end, their members climbed on the stage and physically tried to attack mayor Shelly Oberoi. The manner in which they’ve been beaten up, AAP has shown that they are a party of goons,” said Vijender Gupta, the former Delhi BJP president. The BJP hit back, saying AAP members were tampering with the election results. She eventually was forced to escape the attack and save her life,” said senior AAP leader and MLA Atishi, accusing the BJP of “hooliganism”. The report, however, is a recommendation that has to be ratified by the mayor. One councillor collapsed, apparently having fainted, and another showed a bleeding cut on her arm with both sides accusing each other of hooliganism, moments after members came to blows.

Friday's disputes revolved around one vote declared invalid in the elections for six members to the MCD standing committee; AAP and BJP councillors swap ...

He added, “However, the Mayor continued to say that the order of the preferential voting was not marked properly, and that was the reason for the vote to be declared invalid. However, AAP councillor Prem Chauhan dismissed this notion and said that the BJP councillors were requested to be part of the recounting process, in order to maintain transparency. There was no reason for the BJP councillors to indulge in violence,” he said. However, around 7:45 p.m., she added that none of the representatives from the BJP were willing to be a part of the recount and further announced that the results would be declared without recounting. Of the 250 councillors, a total of 242 had cast their votes. Mayor Shelly Oberoi had to flee from the House chamber after she was allegedly attacked by BJP councillors barging onto the podium, with clashes erupting immediately afterwards.

Just when it seemed that the drama being played out for over two months in MCD House was finally over, a fistfight erupted between councillors, with t.

BJP said that the candidate given the first preference vote should at least be counted while Oberoi said that the vote would be declared invalid even though the municipal secretariat had declared it valid. AAP councillors raised the slogan "Shellyji zindabad" while BJP councillors shouted, "Mayor chor hai". The newly elected mayor was shoved, attacked and had to flee.

At least 242 of the 250 councillors in the AAP-run civic body voted to select six members to the MCD's standing committee.

In a video, Aam Aadmi Party and BJP councillors are seen hurling water bottles and apples at each other inside the House. The result is being declared without the invalid vote," said Shelly Oberoi, the AAP leader who was elected Mayor earlier this week after over a two-month delay. BJP councillor Pankaj Luthra alleged that it was AAP's fault that led to the chaos.

A plea by BJP's Sharad Kapoor has sought that the current election process for six members of the Standing Committee to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi ...

It has been stated that in order to ensure the secrecy of the ballot, no mobile phones or pens were allowed to be carried during the election of mayor, deputy mayor and the six members of the Standing Committee. Oberoi then started conducting the election process for the six members of the Standing Committee. The plea refers to the Supreme Court judgment passed on February 17 which held that the nominated members of the MCD cannot vote in the elections for mayor, deputy mayor or Standing Committee members.

According to the details, the BJP interrupted the counting of votes after the Mayor's action, to which, Mayor Shelly Oberoi insisted the result will be ...

According to the details, the BJP interrupted the counting of votes after the Mayor's action, to which, Mayor Shelly Oberoi insisted the result will be ...

One video showed councillors from both parties hurling water bottles and apples at each other inside the House while in another, women councillors could be ...

One video showed councillors from both parties hurling water bottles and apples at each other inside the House while in another, women councillors could be seen hitting each other. He was rushed to a nearby hospital. Both the AAP and the BJP have registered complaints with Delhi Police following clashes between councillors in the MCD House, officials said on Saturday.