New Delhi: The contemporary mayoral ballot in Delhi is more likely to be held late April, and incumbent Shelly Oberoi will proceed to carry cost of the highest submit until a brand new mayor is elected, official sources mentioned on Monday. Oberoi, an AAP councillor, was elected because the mayor of Delhi on February 22. She defeated BJP’s Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes. Oberoi polled 150 votes, whereas Gupta acquired 116 votes out of the full 266 votes polled.
The voting was held on the Civic Centre — the headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Delhi had acquired the mayor within the fourth try because the earlier elections had been stalled amid a ruckus over voting rights being given to nominated members.
The metropolis will get a brand new mayor after the top of the monetary yr. The submit of mayor within the nationwide capital sees 5 single-year phrases on a rotation foundation, with the primary yr being reserved for girls, the second for open class, third for reserved class, and the remaining two once more for the open class.
“The next mayoral poll is likely to be held around late April. Mayor Oberoi will continue to hold the post till a new mayor gets elected,” an official supply mentioned. Tenure of mayors have seen prolonged phrases prior to now too, he mentioned.
The December 4 civic polls final yr was the primary after the three firms had been unified into the MCD and a contemporary delimitation train was carried out, decreasing the full variety of wards from 272 in 2012 to 250.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had emerged victorious within the high-stakes polls. The unification of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (104 wards), the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (104 wards) and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (64 wards) occurred final yr, with a notification issued to that impact in May.
“Raja Iqbal Singh was elected as the mayor of North Delhi in 2021, continued to serve the post till the Special Officer was appointed, with effect from May 22, 2022,” a senior official mentioned.
Meanwhile, Oberoi on Monday held a particular assembly with councillors and officers of City-Sadar-Paharganj Zone to assessment development-related work, the mayor’s workplace mentioned in an announcement. The goal of the assembly was to concentrate on the native problems with the respective wards in order that these might be resolved with higher coordination between the councillors and officers.
Senior officers of the company and Leader of the House Mukesh Goel had been current throughout the assembly, it mentioned. The mayor reviewed the standing of the zone’s sanitation system, infrastructure and amenities for college students in colleges, neighborhood centres, parks, FCTS (fastened compactor switch station), and cleansing of drains.
Oberoi mentioned the deputy commissioner ought to go to their wards together with the councillors. After this, they need to collectively remedy the issues of the world on a precedence foundation.
Apart from this, the zonal deputy commissioner has been directed to carry common conferences with the councillors of the world, it mentioned.
Oberoi mentioned complaints are being “received continuously” from those who officers are “not working, and many officers do not pick phone”.
“Action will be taken if there is no immediate improvement in their working style,” she mentioned.
