New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) Shelly Oberoi was re-elected the mayor of Delhi on Wednesday after BJP candidate Shikha Rai withdrew nomination.
Delhi will get a brand new mayor after the top of a monetary yr.
The mayor’s publish within the capital sees 5 single-year phrases on a rotational foundation. The primary yr is reserved for girls, the second for the open class, the third for the reserved class and the remaining two years once more for the open class. Nevertheless, phrases have been prolonged prior to now.
Oberoi’s first tenure as mayor was unusually brief as she was elected the primary time on 23 February after AAP gained the high-stakes elections in December final yr — ending the BJP’s 15-year run on the capital’s civic physique.
First-time councillor, Oberoi was first elected mayor in February, ending a months-long battle between the ruling AAP and Opposition BJP over voting rights to nominated members.
Oberoi was elected a councillor from the Delhi East Patel Nagar ward — which is a BJP stronghold. Within the February mayoral polls, she bought 150 of the whole 266 votes forged, whereas BJP nominee Rekha Gupta bought 116 votes. The ruling AAP additionally gained the deputy mayor’s publish too, with candidate Aaley Mohammad Iqbal bagging 147 votes to Kamal Bagri’s (BJP) 116.
AAP’s Aaley Mohammed Iqbal was additionally re-elected as deputy mayor Wednesday.
After their unopposed win, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requested them to work onerous to satisfy the individuals’s hopes, as they’ve “enormous expectations from us”.
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