Delhi BJP Leads Citywide Banner Campaign Against AAP Over MCD Meeting Disruption

The AAP alleged that the BJP made the aldermen take oath first in order to get them voting rights for the mayor and deputy mayor elections.

AAP and BJP Delhi councillors clash and raise slogans against each other during the oath ceremony and election of mayor and deputy mayor at the MCD Civic Centre, on January 6, 2023 in New Delhi, India.AAP and BJP Delhi councillors clash and raise slogans against each other during the oath ceremony and election of mayor and deputy mayor at the MCD Civic Centre, on January 6, 2023 in New Delhi, India.

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New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Wednesday led a citywide banner campaign against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party for allegedly disrupting the maiden meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi last week. "The banner campaign is being led to protest the unruly behaviour of the newly-elected MCD councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who did not allow the councillors to take oath," Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva said.

The meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on January 6 was adjourned without electing the mayor and deputy mayor as the BJP and AAP councillors exchanged heated words and came to blows over presiding officer Satya Sharma administering oath to the aldermen first and not the elected representatives.

Only four aldermen could take oath before the House plunged into chaos.  The AAP alleged that the BJP made the aldermen take oath first in order to get them voting rights for the mayor and deputy mayor elections. 

On Monday, AAP and BJP continued to hit the streets over the issue of oath to aldermen in the MCD House last week, and the ensuing row, with both parties staging demonstrations against each other.

The Delhi BJP staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in Civil Lines over an alleged attack on BJP councillors by their AAP counterparts in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) meeting last Friday.

The Aam Aadmi Party had on Saturday staged a protest outside LG VK Saxena's house over the appointment of aldermen by him, accusing him of helping BJP gain control over the standing committee and zonal committees of the MCD.

As he led the protesters near Kejriwal's house, Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva said, "What happened in the MCD House on January 6 was extremely shameful. The AAP councillors attacked BJP councillors including women. We are prepared to retaliate to the hooliganism of the AAP." He said the party will not relent until Kejriwal apologises over the "hooliganism" of his councillors.

Police on Monday detained several leaders including Sachdeva, MP Parvesh Verma, state general secretaries Harsh Malhotra and Dinesh Pratap Singh, and state vice president Sunil Yadav, as they tried to cross a police barricade at Chandgi Ram Akhara, en route to Chief Minister's residence.

They were later released by the police, the party said.

A row erupted between AAP and BJP councillors on Friday in the MCD house, when AAP councillors opposed oath being administered to the 10 aldermen appointed by the LG.

The meeting was adjourned without election to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor, and members of the standing committee.

 

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