MCD Election : Election of MCD mayor and deputy mayor in Delhi today, Congress distanced itself from the election

The mayor will be elected by secret ballot, that is, who is voting for whom. This cannot be known. Once the Mayor is elected, the Presiding Officer will leave his chair and then the house will be presided over by the newly elected Mayor of Delhi. The election of mayor, deputy mayor and six members of the Standing Committee is to be held in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today. The House of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will start at 11:00 am. The Congress will not take part in the election of mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee members to be held today. While the Congress has 9 councilors in the MCD.

According to the work list issued by the MCD Secretary, the presiding officer or Protem Speaker, who is BJP councilor Satya Sharma, will first administer oath to the elected councilors and nominated councilors of the Municipal Corporation.

Nowhere in this agenda has it been written that the oath will be administered to the elected councilors first or to the nominated councilors. Going against the tradition last time, Protem Speaker Satya Sharma first started administering oath to the nominated councilors and the whole ruckus started regarding this. Due to which the House of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi had to be adjourned. Once the corporators are sworn in, then after that the pro tem speaker will conduct the election of the mayor. In this election, all the 250 elected corporators, 14 Delhi MLAs and 10 Delhi MPs will be able to vote. The mayor will be elected by secret ballot, that is, who is voting for whom. This cannot be known. Once the Mayor is elected, the Presiding Officer will leave his chair and then the house will be presided over by the newly elected Mayor of Delhi.