Leaders Climb Table Amid Noisy Scenes At Delhi Civic Body’s Key Election

New Delhi:

The counting of votes for electing six members to a key physique of the Delhi municipality was interrupted as we speak after the BJP objected to at least one vote being made invalid.

Members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) and the BJP climbed on tables and shouted slogans towards one another within the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) home.

BJP members stated they won’t enable a recount.

A minimum of 242 of the 250 councillors within the AAP-run civic physique voted to pick out six members to the MCD’s standing committee, a strong physique that decides how funds are for use and on what initiatives.

Shelly Oberoi, the AAP chief who was elected Mayor earlier this week after over a two-month delay, had declared one vote invalid. For this, she got here beneath the firing line of indignant BJP councillors, who shouted “you aren’t in your senses” at her.

Some BJP councillors shouted “Jai Shri Ram” and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Their rivals from the AAP shot again, “Aam Aadmi Celebration zindabad, Arvind Kejriwal zindabad.”

Seven candidates are contesting the standing committee election.

The AAP nominated Aamil Malik, Raminder Kaur, Mohini Jeenwal and Sarika Chaudhary). The BJP has fielded Kamaljeet Sehrawat and Pankaj Luthra.

Impartial councillor Gajender Singh Daral, who joined the BJP, can also be a candidate.