New Flashpoint In Lt Governor vs AAP Forward Of Mayor Election Tomorrow

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VK Saxena named BJP councilor Satya Sharma pro-tem Speaker. (File)

New Delhi:

Simply earlier than the election of a brand new Delhi Mayor, the facility tussle between Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) and the Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena escalated dramatically.

After nominating 10 members to the newly elected Municipal Company of Delhi (MCS), Mr Saxena in the present day named a BJP councilor as short-term Speaker to preside over the Mayor election tomorrow.

Wrote a letter to Hon'ble LG towards the unlawful and unconstitutional method during which notification on aldermen has been finished. pic.twitter.com/SdTVcujtGn

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 5, 2023

Expressing "dismay and consternation", Arvind Kejriwal accused the Lt Governor of bypassing his authorities in Delhi and of "blatantly unconstitutional, colourable train of energy".

Mr Saxena's had "left no stone unturned and spared no effort to intervene with and impeded the administration and functioning of the Delhi authorities", the Delhi Chief Minister mentioned in a letter shared on Twitter.

Mr Kejriwal additionally accused Mr Saxena of attempting to affect the election and deliberately selecting members in order that the civic physique is "skewed" in direction of the ruling BJP.

The turf struggle in Delhi intensified as Mr Saxena in the present day picked a BJP chief as short-term Speaker to preside over the election of a Mayor tomorrow, ignoring AAP's suggestion.

The newly-elected Municipal Company will meet for the primary time after AAP received the December election, ousting the BJP after 15 years.

Mr Saxena named BJP councilor Satya Sharma pro-tem Speaker as an alternative of Mukesh Goyal, the AAP member advisable by the Delhi authorities.

Satya Sharma has been Mayor of the East Delhi Municipal Company prior to now. Mukesh Goyal is the senior most councilor within the new civic physique.

AAP received 134 of 250 wards within the first municipal election held after the redrawing of constituencies and the merging of the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) final 12 months. The BJP completed second with 104 seats and the Congress ended up with 9 seats.

The BJP, in a U-turn after suggesting that it will not contest the Mayor's submit, introduced its personal candidate.

Three names are within the operating for the submit of Mayor - Shelly Oberoi and Ashu Thakur from AAP and Rekha Gupta from the BJP.

Upset by the choice of the Lt Governor - who represents the Centre in Delhi and stories to the Union House Ministry - AAP accused the ruling BJP of destroying all democratic traditions.

"It's the custom that the senior most member of Home is nominated as pro-tem Speaker or presiding officer. However BJP is hell bent destroying all democratic traditions and Establishments," tweeted AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj.

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