Ahead of the oath-taking ceremony at the MCD civic centre, AAP councillors entered the well and clashed with BJP members when presiding officer and BJP councillor Satya Sharma started administering oaths to nominated councillors before AAP's elected members.
The house was adjourned as councillors continued to physically clash and push each other for hours.
Delhi was set to get its next Mayor today, over a month after the ruling Aam Aadmi Party unseated the BJP from power in the civic body.
AAP has fielded Shelly Oberoi against BJP's Shalimar Bagh councillor Rekha Gupta for the top post.
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MCD house adjourned before voting for mayor began after BJP and AAP councillors clashed at Civic Centre.
हमारे पार्षद पर MCD सदन में जानलेवा हमला हुआ। हमले में भाजपा के पार्षद शामिल pic.twitter.com/GlUI691qEL
- Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) January 6, 2023
AAP Leader Atishi said the party will approach the Delhi Police Commissioner over the clash with BJP members in the Civic Centre. AAP will demand that the House be suspended till the election proceedings can take place in a legal manner, she said.
"BJP was defeated in the elections so its resorting to hooliganism in the house. Two-time Aam Aadmi Party councilor Praveen Kumar was attacked by BJP members inside the House. Congress is hand-in-glove with BJP in this," Sanjay Singh said in his tweet.
सदन में भाजपा का खूनी खेल, चुनाव में जनता ने हरा दिया तो सदन में गुंडागर्दी कर रहीं है भाजपा। 2 बार के आम आदमी पार्टी के पार्षद प्रवीण कुमार पर सदन के अंदर भाजपा वालो ने किया जानलेवा हमला। इस काम में कांग्रेस का हाथ भाजपा के साथ। pic.twitter.com/Vk4OmfzYdo
- Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) January 6, 2023
BJP leader Manoj Tiwari said that the AAP was blocking the mayoral election process as it has "no trust" in its councillors and has "lost the elections". The BJP, which lost the civic polls after three terms in power, has claimed that they will win the Mayor's post. Anti-defection law does not apply to the civic body and councillors can vote to elect a BJP mayor.
MCD में अपने कुकर्मों को छिपाने के लिए और कितना गिरोगे भाजपा वालो!
- Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) January 6, 2023
चुनाव टाले, पीठासीन अधिकारी की ग़ैरक़ानूनी नियुक्ति, मनोनीत पार्षदों की ग़ैरक़ानूनी नियुक्ति, और अब जनता के चुने पार्षदों को शपथ न दिलवाना....
अगर जनता के फ़ैसले का सम्मान नहीं कर सकते तो फिर चुनाव ही किसलिए?
The protest at the MCD Civic Centre began as the presiding officer and BJP councillor Satya Sharma started administering oaths to alderman, all BJP members, before AAP's elected councillors. AAP raised slogan opposing the move claiming it was "illegal" for nominated members to be sworn in before the elected members.
AAP and BJP councillors entered the well, climbed on chairs and raised slogans ahead of the oath-taking ceremony at the MCD civic centre in the national capital. The protests erupted when AAP members raised slogans as presiding officer and BJP councillor Satya Sharma was about to begin the election process.
Delhi | Preparations underway for Municipal Corporation of Delhi Mayor Elections at MCD Civic Centre. pic.twitter.com/ajuJFWsFzz
- ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2023
"AAP's clear one-sided majority is going to come through. There's going to be an AAP mayor and AAP deputy mayor by the end of the day": AAP MLA Atishi (@AtishiAAP) on Delhi's mayoral polls today pic.twitter.com/jo36Y31R5Q
- NDTV (@ndtv) January 6, 2023
The deal of Congress and BJP has been exposed. The best case scenario for BJP was to make Congress walk out of house.
- Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) January 6, 2023
And Congress has agreed for that. In return, the BJP has made MCD Congress Leader Ms Nazia Danish as the member of Haj Committee.
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