Counting of votes is still underway in the Municipal House after polling to elect six members of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)'s standing committee. The panel is the highest decision-making body of the MCD.
Voting was held amid major sloganeering. A few BJP councillors raised "Jai Shri Ram" which was countered with "Aam Aadmi Party zindabad" and "Arvind Kejriwal zindabad" by AAP members.
During the election, the voters were not allowed to carry mobile phones in the booth area. Newly elected Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi was the last councillor to cast her vote around 2.30 pm, PTI reported.
Earlier, in a major jolt to the ruling AAP, its Bawana councillor Pawan Sherawat joined BJP ahead of the election. This comes two days after AAP won polls for mayor and Deputy mayor.
Sehrawat alleged that he was distressed as the AAP councillors were instructed to create a ruckus in the MCD House meeting.
Rebel AAP councillor was welcomed by Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and general secretary Harsh Malhotra among other senior leaders. Malhotra said there was "dissent" among AAP councillors.
However, AAP said that it is confident about the upcoming election. "We are confident that we will win the Standing Committee election just like the mayoral election," Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said to ANI earlier today.
AAP Shelly Oberoi was elected as Delhi's new mayor on Wednesday after over two hours of voting for municipality's top position.
The House of MCD was adjourned 15 times on Wednesday and Thursday.
242 Councillors cast vote
News 18 reported that 242 out of 250 councillors casted their votes as a fresh poll is being conducted to elect six members of the civic body’s standing committee. Polling began around 11.15 am on Friday.
Later, names of councillors who didn't participate in voting were announced. This list included the names Sameer Ahmad, Shagufta Chaudhary Zubair, Sabila Begum, Mandeep Singh, Ariba Khan, Nazia Danish, Naziya Khatoon and Zarif. All eight councillors belong to the Congress.
With inputs from PTI.
First Published: Feb 24, 2023 1:21 PM IST
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