Delhi Mayor Polls On Wednesday, Date Announced After Big Court Order
NDTV
The elections have been postponed thrice in over two months amid a prolonged tussle between the ruling AAP and the Centre-appointed Lieutenant Governor.
A day after the Aam Aadmi Party's big win in the Supreme Court, which ruled that members of Delhi's civic body appointed by the Lieutenant Governor cannot vote in the election to choose a mayor, the Lieutenant Governor approved Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's proposal to hold the mayor election on February 22. It will now be held at 11 am in MCD Sadan -- the head office of the civic body.
The elections have been postponed thrice in over two months amid a prolonged tussle between the ruling AAP and the Centre-appointed Lieutenant Governor over whether nominated members have the right to vote.
After the election of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, and 6 members of the Standing Committee will be elected on the same day.
The decision came just hours after Arvind Kejriwal accused Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena of committing criminal contempt of court in the recent case on the voting rights of appointed members of Delhi's civic body, by trying to get his lawyer to argue both sides of the case.
