Delhi High Court stay Mayor’s announcement of Repoll For standing committee

New Delhi

The Mayor should accept the report of counting experts without delay and declare 3-3 councilors of BJP and Aam Aadmi Party as winners for the Standing Committee otherwise BJP will protest democratically – Virendra Sachdeva

If the Mayor does not work with a fair process, then we will demand from the Ministry of Home Affairs that under Section 490 of the DMC Act, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi should be dissolved without delay – Virendra Sachdeva

The orgy of violence that took place in the House is only the result of instigation of Aam Aadmi Party councilors in the House at the behest of “AAP” MLAs – Harsh Malhotra

BJP may also go to court on corporation dispute

New Delhi, 25 February : Delhi BJP Working President Shri Virendra Sachdeva and General Secretary Shri Harsh Malhotra while addressing a joint press conference today through a video showed the proofs of hooliganism in the House by Aam Aadmi Party and the act of instigating their councilors by their senior leaders. While conducting the press conference, Party Spokesperson Shri Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that despite the ideological opposition, the politics of Delhi used to run according to the Ganga-Yamuna civilization of the city but in the last eight years, this coordination has gradually eroded for which Arvind Kejriwal is responsible. Co-Head of State BJP Media Relation Department Shri Vikram Mittal was present in the press conference.

Shri Virendra Sachdeva said that the people of Delhi are shocked to see the violence in the conduct of MCD House during the last two meetings of the Municipal Corporation on February 22 and 24 and in the three meetings held before that at the instigation of some AAP MLAs. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi was formed in 1952, but whatever is happening after the Aam Aadmi Party got majority in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on December 6, 2022, is a big threat to democracy.

Shri Sachdeva said that last evening the Mayor Dr. Shaily Oberoi repeatedly lied in the House, uttered false statements of attack on herself, rejected the results of the Standing Committee elections prepared by the experts and adjourned the House by arbitrarily announcing the re-election of the Standing Committee on February 27. What she did is in complete disregard of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Act.

He demanded that the Mayor accept the report of counting expert without delay and declare 3-3 councilors of BJP and Aam Aadmi Party as winners for the Standing Committee, otherwise BJP will protest democratically.

Shri Sachdeva said that the path of the judiciary is also open for the BJP. One of our corporator Shri Sharad Kapoor has filed a petition in the court regarding the use of mobile phone in corporation elections and if necessary we can file a new petition in the court.

He said that the manner in which the Mayor is being arbitrary in the House since the last two meetings is against the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, if the Mayor does not accept the BJP’s demand in the next 24 hours, then we will demand from the Ministry of Home Affairs that Delhi Municipal Corporation be dissolved Under Section 490 of the DMC Act.

Shri Harsh Malhotra said that the people of Delhi have seen the role of Aam Aadmi Party as the majority party in the 5 meetings of Municipal Corporation of Delhi in the last 45 days, it is today directly seen as the killer of democracy. People have also understood that the Aam Aadmi Party considers winning elections as a license to run the legislative assembly and administration arbitrarily in disregard of the constitutional provisions. He said that Mayor Dr. Shaily Oberoi tried to run the House as arbitrarily as the AAP MLA run the Delhi Assembly.

Shri Malhotra said that on February 22, the meeting started under the supervision of the presiding officer appointed by the Lt. Governor, peaceful voting took place without the use of phone cameras, but as soon as the Aam Aadmi Party Mayor was elected on February 22 she in violation of the constitutional rules allowed use of mobile during voting in the House on which the BJP objected. After a long debate the house was adjourned on the morning of 23 February. The BJP demanded re-election but the mayor did not listen.

Shri Malhotra alleged that the orgy of violence that took place in the House was only the result of AAP MLAs inciting Aam Aadmi Party corporators in the House which embarrassed everyone. On the other hand Saurabh Bhardwaj spread misinformation infact a white lie on voting pattern while fact is the extra votes they got were from independents & congress councilors.