New Delhi: AAP insurgent Pawan Sehrawat on Friday solid his vote through the election for six members of the MCD’s standing committee amid jeers by his former colleagues, a lot of whom termed him a “traitor”. The AAP councillor from Bawana joined the BJP forward of the essential municipal House assembly. A contemporary ballot is being performed to elect six members of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) standing committee, the civic physique’s highest decision-making physique, on the order of Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi.
Voting started round 11.15 am. Oberoi has prohibited carrying cell phones to the sales space space. BJP councillors burst into loud cheers when Sehrawat’s title was referred to as to solid his vote. As he moved from the aisle to the Well of the House to gather his poll paper, he was greeted by jeers and chants of “gaddar (traitor)” from AAP members.
An unperturbed Sehrawat walked with a swagger, tapped his thigh, raised his hand and twirled his finger as he made his approach to the sales space space. Earlier within the day, the AAP councillor from Bawana was welcomed to the BJP fold on the occasion’s Delhi unit workplace by Working President Virendra Sachdeva and General Secretary Harsh Malhotra. Many different leaders of the BJP’s Delhi unit had been additionally current.
Sehrawat joined the BJP alleging that he felt “suffocated” attributable to “corruption” within the occasion led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He additionally alleged that he was distressed as AAP councillors had been instructed to create a ruckus through the MCD House assembly.
The MCD House reconvened round 11 am to make one other bid to elect members of the municipal company’s standing committee, a day after it was adjourned following a protracted pandemonium triggered by clashes between AAP and BJP councillors.
As the session could not resume on the scheduled time of 10 am, many BJP councillors raised chants of “Apni ghadi sahi karao, mayor madam sadan mey aao (Set your watch right, madam mayor come to the House)” as they waited for the proceedings to renew.
Prior to that, as members waited for the sitting to start, many BJP councillors greeted Sehrawat within the chamber of the House and chanted “Pawan Sehrawat ka swagat hai (We welcome Pawan Sehrawat)” and flashed victory indicators to welcome him into their camp. Sehrawat additionally wore the BJP’s occasion colors and flashed victory indicators contained in the chamber. About 130 councillors within the 250-member House have solid their votes until 1 pm.
Occasionally, Oberoi reminded the councillors that carrying a cell phone to the sales space space was not allowed. AAP’s House chief Mukesh Goel, Deputy Mayor Aaley Mohammed Iqbal, BJP councillor Rekha Gupta, who misplaced to Oberoi within the mayoral ballot, former South Delhi mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat, AAP member Bobi — the primary councillor from the transgender group — have exercised their franchise.
On February 17, the highest courtroom ordered issuing a discover inside 24 hours for convening the primary assembly of the MCD to repair the date of elections for the mayor, deputy mayor and members of the standing committee. Seven candidates are within the fray for the standing committee’s six members.
The AAP has nominated Aamil Malik (Sri Ram Colony ward), Raminder Kaur (Fateh Nagar ward), Mohini Jeenwal (Sundar Nagari ward) and Sarika Chaudhary (Daryaganj ward).
Kamaljeet Sehrawat (Dwarka-B ward) and Pankaj Luthra (Jhilmil ward) are contesting for the BJP. Independent councillor Gajender Singh Daral, who later joined the BJP, can be a candidate.
The elections to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor had been held on Wednesday, over two months after the high-stakes municipal polls on December 4.The AAP emerged as a transparent winner within the December 4 polls, bagging 134 wards and ending the BJP’s 15-year rule within the civic physique. The BJP received 104 wards to complete second whereas the Congress received 9 seats within the 250-member House.
