New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday suspended three MCD councillors with immediate effect, a day after the party alleged cross-voting during the ward committee elections.
The action was announced by Delhi AAP president Saurabh Bharadwaj on X. Among those suspended are Nirmala Devi (Sharma) in West Zone, Krishna Devi Raghav in West Zone and Sultana Abad from City SP zone.
The party said the suspended councillors had cross-voted in the municipal corporation’s elections. It also alleged that a chairman in the West Zone was elected through cross-voting.
“In the West Zone, the chairman was elected through cross-voting and in the City SP Zone, councillors who cross-voted against the party have been suspended with immediate effect,” Ankush Narang, AAP leader of opposition in the MCD said in a statement on X.
The party said its message was clear that a “betrayal of the mandate and the party will not be tolerated”.
Asserting that strict action against those involved in anti-party activities would continue, it said, “Elections are not fought by an individual, but by the entire party.” In the City SP zone, initially AAP had seven councillors, the BJP four, and the Forward Bloc one. However, after the results were announced, the BJP candidate Usha Sharma secured seven votes, winning the chairperson seat, while five went to AAP. Cross-voting by two councillors had resulted in the BJP candidate's victory.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday won the chairperson's post in 10 of the 12 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ward committees and secured five out of six seats in the civic body's Standing Committee.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured the remaining two ward committees and one Standing Committee seat.
With the results, the BJP strengthened its majority in the 18-member Standing Committee which now comprises 12 BJP members and 6 AAP members.
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