New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on February 8 (Wednesday) a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party MCD Mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi for conducting the Delhi Mayor election after it was stalled on Monday for the third time in a row.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appeared for Oberoi and alleged “murder of democracy” claiming that despite two months have gone by, no elections have been conducted, reported The Hindustan Times.
Last week on Friday, the Supreme Court allowed Shelly Oberoi to withdraw her plea demanding the mayor post-election be conducted in a time-bound manner. Oberoi withdrew her plea after a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that the MCD election is slated to be held on February 6.
However on Monday, the House met for a third time this month to elect the mayor, only to be deferred till the next date due to a ruckus over the nominated members being permitted to vote. The House, which was first summoned on January 6 and then on January 25, had ended without a result due to unprecedented scenes emerging after the nominated members were allowed the right to vote for the post of mayor, deputy mayor and chairpersons of various standing committees.
The Civic Centre summoned for the third time on Monday to elect the mayor, however, no voting could take place due to ruckus and sloganeering and hence the stalemate continued.
The House proceedings began at the Delhi Civic Centre after Presiding officer Satya Sharma arrived and announced that aldermen- nominated members- will be allowed to vote in the process of electing the mayor. However, the House was adjourned after the Aam Aadmi Party members objected to it.
Soon after the House was resumed, the BJP members could be seen sloganeering while also accusing the AAP of attempting to poach its councillors. The House was adjourned owing to the uproar, thus failing to elect the Mayor.
The AAP won 134 of the 250 wards in the MCD polls held in December last year. The BJP managed to win 104 wards. The municipal elections in Delhi were held on 4 December and the results were announced on 7 December.
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