Delhi Mayor Election: Shelly Oberoi of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday elected as the new mayor of Delhi on Wednesday after more than two hours of voting in the city’s mayoral election. Out of 250 votes cast, 10 MPs were nominated, 14 MLAs were nominated, and 241 Councilors were elected. With the order of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s prosecution under the Corruption Act, a showdown in the House is still expected.
Shelly Oberoi, a first-time councillor from the Aam Aadmi Party, was elected as Delhi’s new mayor on Wednesday, capping a months-long battle between the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP over voting rights for nominated members.
Oberoi was elected to the Delhi East Patel Nagar ward, a BJP stronghold, in the December municipal elections.
The 39-year-old is a former visiting professor with a PhD from the School of Management Studies at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
#WATCH | AAP’s Shelly Oberoi becomes #Delhi mayor with 150 votes pic.twitter.com/LLbAJ1Xh3D
— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2023
Manish Sisodia congratulates Shelly Oberoi for winning mayoral poll
गुंडे हार गये, जनता जीत गयी.
दिल्ली नगर निगम में आम आदमी पार्टी का मेयर बनने पर सभी कार्यकर्ताओं को बहुत बधाई और दिल्ली की जनता का तहे दिल से एक बार फिर से आभार.
AAP की पहली मेयर @OberoiShelly को भी बहुत बहुत बधाई.
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) February 22, 2023
The previous three attempts to elect the mayor, deputy mayor, and six members of the standing committee all failed due to a political squabble between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over voting rights for the House’s ten nominated personalities, known as aldermen.
The AAP claimed that because these members were nominated by the Lieutenant Governor, who reports to the Centre, their votes in the all-powerful, decision-making standing committee would skew in favour of the BJP.
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In any case, the AAP was expected to win the mayor and deputy mayor positions.
Following the 4 December elections, in which the AAP dethroned the BJP, the civic House met on 6 January, 24 January, and 6 February to elect the mayor, deputy mayor, and six standing committee members.
However, the House was held up three times due to unruly scenes surrounding the aldermen’s oath-taking and the issue of their voting rights.
