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Reacting to the appointment, the Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of being out to destroy all democratic traditions and institutions.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday named BJP councilor Satya Sharma as the presiding officer for the first House meeting to be held on June 6 for the election of Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Reacting to the appointment, the Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of being out to destroy all democratic traditions and institutions.
The first municipal house after the high-stakes civic polls on December 4 is scheduled to be held on Friday, during which all newly elected councilors will take oath and the mayor and deputy mayor will be elected.
“The Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, under Section 77 of the Act, is pleased to nominate Satya Sharma, Councillor, Ward No. 226, to preside over the meeting for the election of the Mayor.
“He shall be administered oath/affirmation by Santosh Kumar Rai, District Magistrate, New Delhi, as per section 32 of the Act. Other councilors will be administered oath (confirmed by the presiding officer),” read a notification.
After the oath ceremony, the newly formed civic body will proceed to elect the mayor, as per section 35 of the Act.
MCD officials said three nominations have been received for the mayoral post, two from AAP and one from BJP.
Party sources said one of the AAP candidates is the backup candidate.
The candidates for the post of mayor are Shaili Oberoi and Ashu Thakur (AAP) and Rekha Gupta (BJP). Oberoi is the main contender of AAP.
The nominees for the post of deputy mayor are Aale Mohammad Iqbal and Jalaj Kumar (AAP) and Kamal Bagri (BJP).
“The Mayor so elected shall then assume the chair and proceed to conduct the election of the Deputy Mayor and the six members of the Standing Committee under sections 35(1) and 45(1)(i) of the Act respectively,” the notification added.
The post of mayor in Delhi sees five single-year terms on a rotation basis, with the first year reserved for women, the second for the open category, the third for the reserved category, and the remaining two also in the open category.
Reacting to the notification, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj tweeted, “It is a convention that the senior-most member of the House is designated as the Speaker Pro-tem or Presiding Officer.” But the BJP is determined to destroy all democratic traditions and institutions. The election for the post of mayor is to be held a month after the counting of votes on December 7.
The AAP had won 134 wards in the MCD polls, ending the BJP’s 15-year rule in the civic body. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second by winning 104 wards, while the Congress won nine seats in the 250-member municipal house, which will be held on January 6 for the first time after the 2022 civic polls.
This was also the first municipal election after the redrawing of wards in the previous year, an exercise necessitated after the Center brought in a law in Parliament to merge the three local bodies.
The Unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi came into effect from May 22, with Gyanesh Bharti and Ashwani Kumar taking charge as Municipal Commissioner and Officer on Special Duty, respectively.
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