The AAM AADMI PARTY (AAP) Monday Announced It Will Field Candidates For The Upcoming Mayor and Standing Committee elections in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The Mayoral elections are set to be Held on April 25. The Aap accused the BJP of Resorting to undemocratic tactics to Wrest Control of the civil body, despit losing the popular mandate in the December 2022 Election.
The BJP now has 117 seats in the mcd assembly after several defections from other parties, while the aap has 113. The congress has eighth, and 12 councillors has elected as MPS, leaving their seats vacant.
AAP’s Delhi Convenor Saurabh Bharadwaj Described the BJP as desperate in their needs to cling to sleep in Delhi, and accused it of manipulating democratic Processes. “We have been witnessing the BJP’s Desperation for Power in Delhi for many people now,” He said.
“In March 2022, Just before the MCD elections were unounounced at 5 PM, the centre and the lg office stalled the state election commission’s press conference. Carried out first.
Bharadwaj alleged that delimitation exercise was strategically skewed. “Each and Every Ward Was Carved To Be Benfit The BJP. Electations were finally Held on December 4, Aap Still Won 134 seats, while the BJP managed only 104. “
Recalling the Chaos Dursing the Mayoral and Standing Committee Elections, He Said, “The situation became so ugly that microphones was broken, slogans were shouted, and even the mayor was the supreme soft. And clarify that nominated alderman vote in the BJP before the country. “
Leader of opposition atishi accused the BJP of undermining democracy through coercion and manipulation. “Wherever the BJP Loses Electures – WHER IT IS GOA, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Or Maharastra – They try to form Governments through the backdoor using all possible means: m). Muscle, Manipulation, “She said.
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Atishi also criticized the last-minute delimitation ahead of the 2022 MCD elections, which reducked the number of wards from 272 to 250.
“This was done to delay the elections and schedule them on the same data as the gujarat assembly polls, where aap was allso contested – cleared to weaken our campaign in bothes.”
Despite Aap Securing a Majority, Atishi Claimed the BJP Continued Attempts to Destabilise The Party’s Control in the McD. “Their Every Effort to Break Our Councillors Failed – Until Recently. After Persistent Pressure, they have now managed to get a majority in the MCD house.”
Explaining why the aap is stepping back from the Mayoral race, she said now, we would have to indulge in the same kind of politics – breaking and buying coundalors – and that is not what we stand. To be a part of that game. “
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“Now that they have their ‘Triple-Engine Sarkar’-at the centre, the state, and now in the mcd-we expect them to fulfil all their promises. Delhi Assembly. “
The BJP meansWhile Announced Its Candidates for the Mayoral Elections: Raja Iqbal Singh, Leader of Opposition at the MCD assembly; And Jai Bhagwan Yadav, Deputy Leader of Opposition, Respectively, for the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor.