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Raja Iqbal Singh is Delhi’s new mayor, says his priority is to clean up city in 3 months | Latest News India

Raja Iqbal Singh is Delhi’s new mayor, says his priority is to clean up city in 3 months | Latest News India

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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday reclaimed power in the capital’s municipal corporation, with the party’s Raja Iqbal Singh, 54, elected as Delhi’s next mayor. Raja Iqbal Singh was elected Delhi mayor with 133 votes in his favour against 8 votes secured by the Congress candidate. The AAP, which has 119 councillors, abstained from the election. (PTI) Singh’s election, and the BJP’s return to power after losing the civic body elections in November 2022, was a formality since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had announced that it would boycott the mayoral election. The AAP lost its majority in the MCD following a series of defections to the BJP after its victory in the Delhi Assembly elections in February. Raja Iqbal Singh secured 133 votes against the Congress candidate, Mandeep Singh, the Nangloi councillor, who got 8 votes, the Congress’s total strength in the elected body. Raja Iqbal Singh, a two-term councillor from Mukherjee Nagar ward (previously GTB Nagar), had previously served as the mayor of the erstwhile North MCD in 2021-22 before …

Delhi: BJP seeks legal action over dual voter registration of mayor’s wife as ‘Mamta and Nidhi’ | Latest News India

Delhi: BJP seeks legal action over dual voter registration of mayor’s wife as ‘Mamta and Nidhi’ | Latest News India

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Jan 03, 2025 09:38 PM IST Delhi mayor Mahesh Khichi’s wife has allegedly been registered twice under two different names, ‘Mamta’ and ‘Nidhi’ under the same address Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor wrote a letter to lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Friday, asking him to initiate legal action against the Delhi mayor Mahesh Khichi over his wife’s alleged dual registration as a voter, reported news agency PTI. Delhi mayor Mahesh Khichi’s wife has allegedly been registered under two different names in the voter list at the same address(Ishant/ANI) In the letter, Kapoor alleged that Khichi’s wife had been registered twice under two different names, ‘Mamta’ and ‘Nidhi’ at their address in Karol Bagh with the same photo as well. Also Read: Delhi polls: Sanjay Singh says BJP trying to get his wife’s vote deleted “It has come to my knowledge that the Mayor Mahesh Khichi, who resides in a small house, F-12 in Nehru Nagar, which is listed in the Voter List of Part 40 under the Karol Bagh assembly constituency, …

AAP Councillor Mahesh Khinchi Wins Delhi Mayor Election

AAP Councillor Mahesh Khinchi Wins Delhi Mayor Election

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Aam Aadmi Party’s Mahesh Khinchi —  councillor from Karol Bagh’s Dev Nagar ward — will be the next Mayor of Delhi, having won the election by a wafer-thin margin. Mr Khinchi, Delhi’s first Dalit Mayor, got 133 votes and the BJP’s Kishan Pal 130 votes in the election held this evening after much chaos and disruption that included a walkout by the Congress members.  AAP’s Ravindra Bhardwaj was elected unopposed to the post of Deputy Mayor. BJP councilor Ms Neeta Bisht, the opponent of Mr Bhardwaj, a councilor from Aman Vihar, Ward No. 41, had withdrawn her nomination at the last minute.  The BJP had 120 members, but managed to get 10 more votes. In a statement later, the party claimed it was a case of cross-viting by AAP members. “Eight Aam Aadmi Party councillors voting in favour of the BJP and two votes being declared invalid is not only a victory for democracy but also a big moral defeat for Arvind Kejriwal. Arvind Kejriwal no longer has the moral right to remain the “AAP” convenor,” …

Who is Mahesh Kumar Khichi, newly elected mayor of Delhi MCD? All you need to know – India TV

Who is Mahesh Kumar Khichi, newly elected mayor of Delhi MCD? All you need to know – India TV

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Image Source : X Mahesh Kumar Khichi succeeded Shelly Oberoi who assumed the office in 2023. In a significant development, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Mahesh Kumar Khichi on Thursday won Delhi mayoral polls as voting for the long-delayed election concluded on Thursday. Soon after the election results were declared, newly elected Delhi mayor, Mahesh Kumar Khinchi said, “The challenge is to work in the service of the people of Delhi – the way Arvind Kejriwal has done the work for the people of Delhi… My priority will be to work for the cleanliness of the city.”   Who is Mahesh Kumar Khichi? After the votes were counted, Mahesh Kumar Khichi, the AAP councillor from Karol Bagh’s Dev Nagar ward, defeated the BJP’s Kishan Lal (Shakurpur ward). Notably, Mahesh Kumar Khichi succeeded Shelly Oberoi who assumed the office in 2023. Khichi has won the mayor’s election against Kishanlal from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by 3 votes. As per the early trends, AAP candidate received 135 votes, however, two votes were declared invalid. In the meantime, …

‘Grave Dereliction Of Duty’: Delhi Mayor Slams MCD Chief For Lapses In Door-to-Door Garbage Collection

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Last Updated: September 24, 2024, 22:32 IST Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi also raised concern that the garbage dumps could become a source of several diseases, such as dengue. (PTI file photo) In her letter, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi said large piles of garbage are collected across localities of Delhi and remain unattended for several days, creating unhygienic conditions Taking note of complaints about lapses in door-to-door garbage collection across the city, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Tuesday wrote to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Commissioner Ashwani Kumar, seeking a response within three days. In her letter on Tuesday, Mayor Oberoi said large piles of garbage are collected across localities of Delhi and remain unattended for several days, creating unhygienic conditions. She also raised concern that the garbage dumps could become a source of several diseases, such as dengue. “I have been receiving several complaints from councillors across all MCD wards that waste collection agencies are failing to carry out daily door-to-door collection from their wards. This is leading to large piles of garbage being collected …

AAP Vs BJP Today For The Post Of Delhi Mayor

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This will be the first election of the post of Mayor after the redrawing of the MCD wards. New Delhi: Delhi will get its next Mayor today over a month after a high stakes battle for control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi resulted in the ruling Aam Aadmi Party unseating the BJP after three terms in power. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP has fielded Shelly Oberoi against BJP’s Shalimar Bagh councillor Rekha Gupta for the top post in the civic body. The nominees for the post of deputy mayor are AAP’s Aaley Muhammad Iqbal and Jalaj Kumar and Kamal Bagri from the BJP. The Congress has said it will not participate in the election, choosing not to support either AAP or the BJP. Here are the LIVE updates on the Delhi Mayor Election:    Get NDTV UpdatesTurn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops. Featured Video Of The Day Disha Patani Flies Out Of Mumbai Source link

In U-Turn, BJP To Fight AAP For Delhi Mayor’s Post

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The recent MCD election ended the BJP’s 15-year rule in the Delhi civic body. New Delhi: In yet another U-turn, the BJP has decided to contest the election against the AAP for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in Delhi. After contrasting statements on different instances following its civic poll loss, BJP has finalised its candidates for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) posts. Rekha Gupta, a BJP councillor from Shalimar Bagh, has been chosen for the mayor’s race while Kamal Bagri of Ram Nagar ward will fight for the deputy mayor’s post. The AAP, which now has maximum number of Councillors in the civic body, has announced Shelly Oberoi as its mayor candidate and Aale Mohammad Iqbal for the race for the deputy mayor’s post. Ms Oberoi is a Councillor from East Patel Nagar and Ms Iqbal from Chandani Mahal. The December 4 election ended the BJP’s 15-year rule in the Delhi civic body with the AAP emerging victorious in 134 of the total 250 seats. The BJP finished second with 104 seats …