The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House was adjourned for the 13th time this morning until 10 am tomorrow due to a ruckus by the Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party councillors over the election of the members of the standing committee.
There was vandalism in the House, Rekha Gupta, the BJP Mayor candidate, allegedly broke the podium. Amit Nagpal ripped the ballot paper and threw it away.The Mayor said that the decision on the action is to be taken against Rekha Gupta and Amit Nagpal in tomorrow’s meeting.
The repeated adjournments took place amid the sloganeering in the House. The councillors were seen throwing ballot boxes in the well. The early morning visuals also showed them pushing each other and also exchanging blows.
The BJP councillors alleged that during the secret voting, the AAP councillors were taking photographs of the ballots through their mobile, which is a violation of the secret ballot.
Therefore, the BJP demanded the votes cast be rejected and fresh elections conducted.
Speaking to a prominent news agency, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the BJP does not want to let the standing committee members’ elections take place due to the fear of loss.
“The BJP is not able to tolerate its defeat. They are not ready to accept that the people of Delhi have rejected them and showed them the door out of the MCD.
