Delhi Mayor Election LIVE: Polls Postponed After House Adjourned Sine Die Following Ruckus
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Background
The sitting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will be convened on Tuesday to elect the city mayor after it failed to do so in its last sitting due to the chaos between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janta Party.
The swearing-in ceremony of the elected councillors will also be done on Tuesday and hopefully, Delhi will have its first sole mayor in a decade.
Delhi LG Vinay Kumar Saxena last week approved the convening of the meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on 24th January for the oath of affirmation to elected councillors, the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor and six members to the Standing Committee.
The previous sitting on January 6 and days after it was hit by massive protests by both AAP and BJP holding each other responsible for the ruckus that occurred in the MCD house.
The LG-nominated members and 10 aldermen will take oath first after the House convenes. AAP earlier opposed the decision of the Presiding officer to call nominated members for oath-taking first instead of elected councillors.
Here’s What Happened In Previous Session
Delhi LG Vinay Kumar Saxena nominated BJP's Satya Sharma as the Presiding officer of the mayoral elections. This irked AAP which had nominated Mukesh Goyal for the post and condemned LG's order.
AAP said that senior most member is nominated as pro tem speaker but "BJP is hellbent on destroying all democratic traditions and institutions". After the session convened, BJP’s Satya Sharma took oath as the pro tem speaker to conduct the voting for the mayor elections and the swearing-in of the councillors.
She first called nominated councillors for oath taking which upset the Aam Aadmi Party. AAP argued that traditionally, elected members are called first for swearing-in. It alleged that the process is not constitutional at all.
When the house could not manage the proceedings, pro tem Speaker Satya Sharma adjourned the house and postponed the mayor elections as well as the swearing-in of elected councillors. She said that four nominated councillors took oaths that will remain valid and the rest of the proceedings will take place on the next sitting of the MCD house.
Delhi Mayor Election LIVE: Polls Postponed After House Adjourned Sine Die Following Ruckus
Polls for Delhi Mayor have been postponed after the House was adjourned sine die following an uproar in the House.
#WATCH | Delhi: A ruckus ensued at Civic Centre, MCD Headquarters soon after voting for Delhi Mayor began. The election is postponed as the House was adjourned sine die due to ruckus. pic.twitter.com/dTZty70RTi
— ANI (@ANI) January 24, 2023
Election for Delhi Mayor postponed as the House gets adjourned sine die following a ruckus inside.
— ANI (@ANI) January 24, 2023
(Pic: Visual from Civic Centre, MCD Headquarters earlier today) pic.twitter.com/xPxvVd5PBv
House Session Adjourned For 15 Minutes
MCD house has been adjourned for 15 minutes.
AAP MLC Mukesh Goyal said that those who are not eligible to vote should sit outside the House.
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