Ruckus in MCD mayor election: Sisodia said - how much BJP people will fall, BJP said - AAP is afraid of defeat
Delhi MCD Mayor Election: There was an uproar in the mayoral election in Delhi MCD on Friday. BJP and AAP corporators clashed with each other in the House. There was also a push from both sides. The video of the uproar has also surfaced. Here, the political innings of the capital have become high due to the uproar before the mayoral election.
There was a huge ruckus in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi during the mayoral election on Friday. BJP and AAP councillors clashed in the house. There was also a push from both sides. The matter reached a scuffle. Because of this, the process of administering oaths to the newly elected councillors had to be stopped. A decision of the Lieutenant Governor was said to be responsible for the uproar. AAP said that the LG started administering oaths to the nominated councillors first. While the rule is to administer the oath to the winning councillors first. Due to this uproar, the political temperature of the capital got heated amidst the bitter cold. Allegations are being made about each other from both sides. On behalf of AAP, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia made scathing attacks on the BJP and on behalf of BJP, Manoj Tiwari made scathing attacks on AAP.
The Aam Aadmi Party has a clear majority in the Delhi Municipal Corporation election with 250 councillors. In this election, AAP won 134 wards. BJP had won in 104 wards. Whereas, Congress could win only 9 wards and independents got success in 3 wards. On Friday, the Lieutenant Governor nominated 10 councillors of the BJP. Those who were being sworn in earlier. AAP councillors opposed this thing.
Amidst the uproar, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia launched a scathing attack on the BJP on behalf of the Aam Aadmi Party. He tweeted and wrote how much more BJP people will stoop to hide their misdeeds in MCD! Elections were postponed, the illegal appointment of the presiding officer, the illegal appointment of nominated councillors, and now the public's elected councillors are not being administered oath…. If you cannot respect the verdict of the public, then why the elections?
Here, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has given his reaction to the uproar in the House regarding the MCD Mayor election. He has said that (AAP) is prone to violence, and if BJP had not acted with restraint, the situation would have worsened. The Aam Aadmi Party has been morally defeated. How can they oppose the entire constitutional process? The Aam Aadmi Party does not trust its councillors. Even after having the majority, you are afraid of defeat.
The swearing-in ceremony of the MCD and the election of the mayor are to be held on Friday afternoon. Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena has nominated BJP corporator Satya Sharma as a pro-tem speaker to preside over the meeting for the election of the mayor. She will administer oaths to other corporators. Meanwhile, AAP has nominated Mukesh Goyal as the Leader of the House. Sharma was the mayor of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation before the merger of all the corporations in the national capital.