New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday won the chairperson’s post in 10 of the 12 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ward committees and secured five out of six seats in the civic body’s Standing Committee.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured the remaining two ward committees and one Standing Committee seat.
With the results, the BJP strengthened its majority in the 18-member Standing Committee which is now comprised of 12 BJP members and 6 AAP members.
The elections for the Standing Committee, as well as the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the 12 ward committees were held at the MCD headquarters at the Civic Centre.
The Standing Committee, an 18-member body, is the MCD’s highest financial decision-making body. It approves contracts, policy matters, civic projects and financial proposals involving more than Rs 5 crore.
The BJP won the chairperson’s posts in Najafgarh, Shahdara South, Shahdara North, South, Keshavpuram, Narela, Civil Lines, City SP, Central and West zones.
The AAP secured the chairperson’s posts in Rohini and Karol Bagh.
In Najafgarh, BJP’s Jaivir Singh Rana was elected chairperson and Sushma Rathee deputy chairperson. Shashi Yadav was elected to the Standing Committee. All three were elected unopposed.
BJP’s Yashpal Singh defeated his AAP rival 18-6 in Shahdara South, where Raju Sachdeva and Munesh were elected deputy chairperson and Standing Committee member respectively, unopposed.
In Shahdara North, BJP’s Pankaj Luthra defeated his AAP rival 20-12. BJP’s Brijesh Singh was also elected deputy chairperson with the same vote margin.
BJP’s Dharamvir Singh and Mamta Yadav won the chairperson and deputy chairperson posts in the South Zone, defeating AAP candidates 12-10.
BJP’s Vineet Vohra, Meenu Goel and Sushil were elected chairperson, deputy chairperson and Standing Committee member respectively, in Keshavpuram. All three were elected unopposed.
In Rohini, AAP’s Pushpa won the chairperson’s election by 12-11, while party colleague Ramesh Chand was elected deputy chairperson with the same margin.
AAP’s Alka Dhingra and Kavita Chauhan were elected chairperson and deputy chairperson of Karol Bagh respectively. AAP’s Rajan Arora was elected Standing Committee member unopposed.
In Narela, BJP’s Janta Devi defeated her AAP rival 13-7. Dinesh Kumar and Pawan Kumar were elected deputy chairperson and Standing Committee member respectively, unopposed.
BJP’s Gulab Singh won the chairperson’s election in Civil Lines 11-8. Sanjay Tyagi, a nominated member, was elected deputy chairperson after polling in which one vote was declared invalid.
BJP’s Neetu, Praveen Kumar and from the erstwhile Indraprastha Vikas Party (IVP) Hem Chand Goel were elected chairperson, deputy chairperson and Standing Committee member respectively, in the Central Zone. All three were elected unopposed.
In the City SP zone, Usha Sharma, who joined BJP from IVP, defeated her AAP rival 7-5, while AAP’s Shamim Bano was elected deputy chairperson unopposed.
In the West Zone, BJP’s Harish Oberoi defeated his AAP rival 14-11 to become chairperson. AAP’s Dimple Ahuja was elected deputy chairperson with 13 votes against the BJP’s 12.
The 18-member standing committee is headed by a chairperson. Of these 18 members, six are directly elected by the house of 250 councillors and 12 are elected by 12 zonal ward committees.
Earlier in the day, Delhi AAP president Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the Congress had helped the BJP secure victory in the South Zone ward committee election.
Claiming that the BJP and the AAP had 10 councillors each in the zone while the Congress had two, Bharadwaj said on X that the BJP candidate received 12 votes against the AAP’s 10, and urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to discuss the matter with Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav.
Rejecting Bharadwaj’s allegation, Congress councillor Nazia Danish said Bharadwaj should explain the outcomes in the West and City-SP zones before accusing the Congress over the South Zone results.
“The election of chairpersons in individual ward committees would not alter the overall balance of power in the MCD, where the BJP already enjoys a majority,” she said. PTI VBH MSJ VBH MDO MDO
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