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Why Was Shelly Oberoi, Newly-Elected Delhi Mayor, Attacked?

Adiba GhausFebruary 24, 20230

Fracas started at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House session between BJP & AAP members. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Shelly Oberoi was elected as Delhi Mayor on 22 February, Wednesday, more than two months after the party won the MCD polls in December. She won with 150 votes, against 116 for BJP’s Rekha Gupta. The voting process concluded on Wednesday 22 February 2023 in the fourth attempt after three failed attempts - on January 6, January 24 and February 6 - to hold the elections. Aaley Mohammad Iqbal was elected as the Deputy Mayor with 147 votes, out of the total 266 votes cast. Two votes were declared invalid. But hours later, at around 6:30 PM, the House descended into commotion just as the Standing Committee election began. The election for six members of

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AAP, BJP Councillors Throw Boxes, Exchange Blows Amid MCD Standing Committee Elections: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALFebruary 23, 20230

When the BJP claimed that council members were using their mobile phones to take pictures of the votes during the secret voting and sought new elections, chaos ensued. After reconvening early on Thursday morning, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) house was postponed for a sixth time as AAP and BJP councillors continued to argue and shout slogans at one another. When the BJP claimed that during the secret voting, the council members were allegedly taking images of the ballots through their mobile devices, which is a violation of the secret ballot, mayhem broke out during the election for the members of the standing committee. The BJP has since urged that the votes cast be disregarded and that new elections be held. After the house broke for the day, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwa

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AAP’s Shelly Oberoi, An Ex-DU Professor, Is Delhi’s New Mayor: Deets Inside!!!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALFebruary 22, 20230

Wednesday marked the House's fourth attempt to pick a mayor after it had previously failed to decide whether the LG-nominated members should be permitted to cast ballots. Shelly Oberoi, a first-time councillor for the Aam Aadmi Party, was chosen as Delhi's new mayor on Wednesday, putting an end to a months-long spat between the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP over the voting privileges of nominated members. In the municipal elections held in December, Oberoi won a council seat in the BJP-stronghold ward of Delhi East Patel Nagar. The 39-year-old is a former visiting professor who holds a PhD in management studies from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Due to a political squabble between the Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party over voting rights to the Hous