Delhi mayor polls postponed again amid ruckus by AAP, BJP

New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House adjourned without electing a mayor for the third time in a month on Monday.
As soon as the House reconvened to elect Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Standing Committee members, both the BJP and AAP members resorted to sloganeering. An uproar erupted over the nominated members being allowed to vote in the election to the post.
Following the ruckus, the chair adjourned the House until the next date.
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However, the AAP councillors protested and raised slogans against the aldermen being allowed to vote for the mayoral election.
AAP’s councillor and Leader of the House Mukesh Goel said, “The Supreme Court order clearly says that aldermen can only vote in ward committee polls but cannot vote in the mayor polls. This is completely illegal.”