Delhi Assembly Speaker nominates 14 MLAs to MCD
The Hindu
Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta nominates 14 MLAs to MCD, boosting BJP's mayoral election prospects in Delhi.
Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta has nominated 14 MLAs to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), boosting the BJP's aspirations of running a triple-engine government by winning the mayoral elections next month.
Of the 14 MLAs, 11 are from the BJP and three from AAP. The nominated MLAs vote in the elections for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor, due in April.
In a statement, Gupta said that the nominated MLAs would assist the municipal corporation in budget formulation, civic administration and urban governance.
The BJP MLAs nominated to the MCD are Anil Sharma, Chandan Choudhary, Jitender Mahajan, Karnail Singh, Manoj Kumar Shokeen, Neelam Pahalwan, Parduymn Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar Bhatia, Ravi Kant, Sanjay Goyal and Tarvinder Marwah, according to an official notification.
The AAP MLAs include Pravesh Ratn, Surendra Kumar and Ram Singh Netaji.
The AAP had won the last mayoral election held in November 2024 by three votes.
Meanwhile, the BJP, which won a resounding victory in the assembly polls last month, is eyeing a "triple-engine government" in Delhi by securing the post of Mayor.
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