BJP councillors protest earlier than standing committee polls within the MCD House, at Civic Center in New Delhi on February 24, 2023.
| Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
The MCD House reconvened on February 24 to make one other bid to hold the election of members of the municipal company’s standing committee. The voting commenced a day after the session was adjourned as chaos ensued within the type of loud sloganeering, fist fights and clashes between the AAP and BJP councillors.
The newly-elected Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday mentioned that voting for standing committee members will begin afresh after the beforehand forged ballots had been broken through the bodily clashes between councillors on Wednesday.
A complete of seven candidates — 4 from the AAP and three from the BJP — are within the fray for the six standing committee member posts. Friday’s assembly was scheduled to resume at 10 a.m., however the House formally began the session at round 11.10 a.m.
Earlier right this moment, hours earlier than the standing committee elections, AAP Councillor Pawan Sehrawat mentioned he has joined the BJP as he felt “suffocated” by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He alleged that the members had been instructed to create ruckus inside the House.
As members waited for the sitting to start within the House, many BJP councillors chanted “ Pawan Sehrawat ka swagat hai” and cheered and flashed victory indicators to welcome him to their camp, PTI reported, including that Mr. Seherawat wore BJP occasion colors and flashed victory indicators contained in the chamber.
Many BJP councillors will be heard chanting “ Apni ghadi sahi karao, Mayor madam sadan mey Aao” as they waited for the proceedings to resume.
The proceedings to conduct the election for choosing members of the committee — the best decision-making physique of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) — had begun round 6.15 pm on Wednesday, hours after AAP’s Shelly Oberoi was elected as Delhi’s new Mayor. However, the sitting, punctuated with over a dozen adjournments, vociferous protests by BJP members, high-voltage drama and high-decibel sloganeering, spilled over to the subsequent day, till the mayor adjourned it for the day.
Several members of the BJP and the AAP on Wednesday evening had exchanged blows and hurled plastic bottles at one another within the chamber of the MCD House, and the scenario turned uglier on Thursday morning, even because the stalemate over the election continued.
Following the fracas, safety has been padded up on the headquarters of the MCD, together with the chamber and on the premises of the Civic Centre, on Friday, in accordance to PTI. An further layer of safety frisking has been launched on the fourth flooring, the place the chamber of the House is located.
The BJP has been demanding contemporary voting citing violation of poll secrecy by AAP councillors carrying cellphones whereas casting their votes through the preliminary part of the election to choose the panel members, earlier than the House was disrupted.
Seven candidates are within the fray for the six members of the standing committee.
Aamil Malik of Sri Ram Colony ward, Raminder Kaur from Fateh Nagar ward, Mohini Jeenwal of Sundar Nagari ward and Sarika Chaudhary of Daryaganj ward are AAP’s candidates.
Kamaljeet Sehrawat from Dwarka-B ward and Pankaj Luthra from Jhilmil ward are BJP’s candidates.
Independent councillor Gajender Singh Daral, who later joined the BJP, can be a candidate.
