Apart from 5 reserved seats, BJP also won in ward 198 Vinod Nagar and ward 74 Chandani Chowk, with Sarala Chaudhari and Suman Kumar Gupta securing the win in their respective wards.
Gupta defeated AAP candidate Harsh Sharma by 1,182 votes. The BJP was leading in Dichaon Kalan, GK, Shalimar Bagh B wards, while AAP was ahead in Naraina ward as per initial trends.
Chaos erupted when the BJP alleged that during the secret voting, councillors were taking photographs of the ballots through their mobile phones & demanded fresh elections to be conducted.
AAP claims aldermen have no right to vote in election of mayor or deputy mayor, while presiding officer Satya Sharma declared in MCD House that 10 aldermen appointed by LG could vote.
While AAP is expected to win the mayoral polls, the 10 LG nominees may skew the numbers in favour of BJP in the corporation’s all-powerful standing committee.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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