Delhi’s new Mayor will be from AAP since it has majority, says BJP in sharp U-turn

AAP supporters have a good time MCD election outcomes outdoors a counting centre at Patel Nagar, in New Delhi. PTI

New Delhi: A day after vying for the Mayor’s submit within the unified Municipal Company of Delhi regardless of dropping to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering on Friday stated the following Mayor might be a member of the AAP because it had gained the MCD elections with a transparent majority.

“BJP will play the function of a robust opposition within the MCD,” Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta informed NDTV two days after the outcomes have been declared, including that his get together won’t permit any corruption within the civic physique and act as “a watchdog”.

In what appears to be a pointy U-turn by the BJP, the get together is now open to relinquishing the submit of Mayor to the AAP. Quickly after the outcomes have been declared on Wednesday, nevertheless, the BJP had stated that although the AAP had gained with a thumping majority within the MCD elections, the Mayor’s election was nonetheless an open one and a contender from the get together may properly maintain the submit. The BJP had even cited the instance of Chandigarh, the place although the AAP was in energy with CM Bhagwant Mann on the helm, the Mayor was from the BJP.

After the AAP dislodged the BJP from its 15-year rule in Delhi’s civic physique, the BJP’s IT division head Amit Malviya had stated in a tweet, “Now over to electing a mayor for Delhi. It can all rely upon who can maintain the numbers in an in depth contest, which approach the nominated councillors vote and so on. Chandigarh has a BJP mayor, as an illustration.”

Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga had additionally hinted that the nationwide capital would get a Mayor from the BJP.

The Aam Aadmi Social gathering on Wednesday emerged victorious within the Municipal Company of Delhi polls, successful an enormous 134 wards. It’s victory efficiently wrested the management of the Delhi civic physique which had run the MCD uninterrupted for 15 years. Persevering with its dropping streak, the Congress was relegated to only 9 seats within the 250-member home.

The BJP, which a lot of exit polls had predicted would lose this time, put up a valiant combat and bagged 104 wards and in addition retained its vote share.

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