Delhi Mayor Poll: AAP's Shelly Oberoi Elected Delhi Mayor as BJP's Shikha Rai Withdraws Nomination
Delhi Mayor Polls: The development comes months after a ruckus had ensued during the elections of Delhi Mayor and Deputy Mayor in February
Delhi Mayor Poll: Current Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi was yet again elected to the position on Wednesday, as BJP councillor Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination papers. They were set to contest the Delhi Mayor elections. The polls are conducted at the end of every financial year AAP’s Oberoi and BJP’s Rai had earlier filed their nominations for the Delhi mayoral poll slated to be held on April 26, officials had said.
The development comes months after a ruckus had ensued during the elections of Delhi Mayor and Deputy Mayor in February. Oberoi then defeated BJP’s Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes. Oberoi polled 150 votes, while Gupta received 116 of the total 266 votes polled.
A fresh mayoral poll will be held at the Civic Centre — the headquarters of the MCD on Wednesday.
The post of mayor in the national capital sees five single-year terms on a rotational basis, with the first year reserved for women, the second for the open category, the third for the reserved category and the remaining two again for the open category.
AAP’s Aaley Mohammad and BJP’s Soni Pandey, the councillor from ward number 249 will fight for the post of Delhi’s deputy Mayor. Oberoi and Aaley Mohammad Iqbal filed their nominations earlier this month for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor for a possible second consecutive term, with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party exuding confidence that its candidates are poised for a win.
Oberoi will continue to hold charge till a new mayor is elected, official sources said on April 3, a PTI report stated.
BJP too has entered the fray and senior party leader Rai, the councillor from the Greater Kailash-1 ward, is its candidate for the mayoral poll.
Four nominations were received by the municipal secretary’s office — two each for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor. The last day for filing nominations for the mayoral poll was April 18.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva has nominated second-time councillor Rai for the mayoral poll. Sachdeva has also nominated Soni Pandey, an activist of the Purvanchal Morcha and the councillor from ward number 249, for the deputy mayor’s post.
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Shelly Oberoi, presently the Delhi Mayorm was yet again elected to the position on Wednesday, as BJP councillor Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination papers. They were set to contest the Delhi Mayor elections, but Rai took back her papers saying the matter of election of mayor and deputy mayor is pending before the court. READ MORE
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Delhi | BJP candidate for MCD Mayor Election Shikha Rai and for Deputy Mayor, Soni Pandey files nomination at Civic centre. pic.twitter.com/Gg2qpws4T9
— ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2023
Shelly Oberoi files her nomination as AAP candidate for Delhi Mayor election, scheduled for 26th April. Aaley Muhammad Iqbal files nomination as party’s candidate for Deputy Mayor post.
Delhi Minister Atishi and AAP MP Sanjay Singh accompanied them. pic.twitter.com/SSQXzYyYj0
— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2023
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