Delhi mayor elections: BJP regains control of MCD after two years, elects Raja Iqbal Singh as Delhi Mayor

The BJP reclaimed vitality in the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) after a gap of two years and appointed Raja Iqbal Singh as Delhi Mayor after getting 133 votes against his Congress opponent’s eight. The Aam Aadmi Event had made up our minds to boycott the elections.

The Congress nominee modified into Mandeep Singh.

Jai Bhagwan Yadav of the BJP is furthermore the brand new deputy mayor after the Congress’ Ariba Khan withdrew her name.

The present strength of the Municipal Company of Delhi is 238 and 12 seats are vacant because some councillors bought elected as MLAs and one other as an MP. The BJP has 117 councillors – up from 104 in 2022 – whereas the AAP has 113, down from 134. The Congress has good eight.

With the AAP boycotting the election and the Congress diminished to a marginal presence, the BJP is anticipated to conveniently sweep the civic posts, solidifying its control over Delhi via the Centre, the nominated MLAs in the Assembly and now the MCD.

“AAP has already well-liked its defeat. We are capable of do away with corruption and total all of the pending work that modified into stalled over the last two years,” he acknowledged.

He further said that when the mayor is elected, elections for the standing committees shall be held promptly.

Meanwhile, AAP councillor and ragged Mayor Shelly Oberoi and Chief of the Dwelling Mukesh Goyal held a press convention on Thursday where they reiterated their secure collectively’s resolution to boycott the election.

“The MCD election is scheduled for the following day, and we're going to be able to completely boycott it,” Oberoi acknowledged, accusing the BJP of turning the civic polls into a farce with its so-known as “triple engine vitality.”

They added that under Arvind Kejriwal’s management, several of us-centric choices had been taken, but the BJP’s fully blueprint has been to “rob vitality.”