Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi alleges that the newly elected mayor Shelly Oberoi was physically assaulted by a BJP male member in the Civic Centre
Our Bureau
New Delhi
In a shocking incident on Friday, a councillor collapsed at Delhi Civic Centre as clashes broke out here between AAP and BJP members. Ruckus broke out at Delhi Civic Centre once again as AAP and BJP Councillors jostled, manhandled and rained blows on each other. This is the third day of commotion in the House.
This was the third day of commotion in the House. On Friday, amid political slugfest, the voting process to elect six members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) took place at the Civic Center in the national capital
Ahead of the election of six members of the MCD Standing Committee, Delhi MCD House witnessed sloganeering by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors. In a jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party two days after it won the polls for the mayor and deputy mayor in the MCD, Bawana councillor Pawan Sehrawat joined the BJP on Friday.
The switchover happened shortly before the polling to elect members of the MCD’s Standing Committee on Friday.
Earlier, on Thursday, the House was adjourned for the 13th time since it convened post the MCD polls in December 4, last year, after councillors of the ruling AAP and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party came to blows over polling to elect members of the Standing Committee.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Friday alleged that the newly elected mayor Shelly Oberoi was physically assaulted by a BJP male member in the Civic Centre. She urged the BJP to stop the “goondaism” in the Civic center and said that BJP should accept its defeat.
While talking to reporters, Atishi said, “Today BJP showed goondaism in the Civic center. A standing committee election was going on. When counting started BJP realized they were losing & they created a ruckus. The mayor was attacked & physically assaulted by a BJP male member.”
She further stated, “What behavior is this? This is shameful and condemnable. The country is seeing this. BJP should accept their defeat. I request BJP to stop their goondaism. Those who have attacked the Mayor will be sent behind bars.”
Meanwhile, Aam Admi Party (AAP) Councillor Ashok Kumar Maanu collapsed at Delhi Civic Centre minutes back and alleged that the ruckus had been caused by the BJP goons.
Maanu said, “They are so shameless that they attacked even women and the Mayor. BJP goons did this.”
On the other hand, BJP leader Harish Khurana blamed Aam Admi Party behind the ruckus. He said, “Election officers declare the election and say that votes declared invalid by Mayor are valid and three candidates each of AAP and BJP have won. But AAP does hooliganism here as instructed by Kejriwal. We won’t tolerate this goondaism & approach the Court.”
On Friday, Maanu collapsed at Delhi Civic Centre as clashes broke out here between AAP and BJP councillors.
But AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that AAP received 138 votes in a poll of six Delhi MCD Standing Committee members and BJP received a lesser number. He said, “AAP has 134 Councillors; one joined BJP. Since Congress Councillors are not here, it means there are some BJP Councillors who voted for AAP.” On Friday, the voting process to elect six members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) took place at the Civic Center in the national capital.
Delhi MCD House witnessed sloganeering by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors.
In a jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party two days after it won the polls for the mayor and deputy mayor in the MCD, Bawana councillor Pawan Sehrawat joined the BJP on Friday.
The switchover happened shortly before the polling to elect members of the MCD’s Standing Committee on Friday.
On Thursday, the House was adjourned for the 13th time since it convened post the MCD polls in December 4, last year, after councillors of the ruling AAP and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party came to blows over polling to elect members of the Standing Committee.
The MCD session was adjourned till 10 am on Friday.
Amid the bedlam in the House on Thursday, Rekha Gupta, the BJP mayoral candidate who lost to AAP’s Shelly Oberoi in Wednesday’s polls, allegedly broke the wooden panel where a microphone was mounted, while fellow party member Amit Nagpal allegedly tore off the ballot paper and threw the ballot box.
Speaking to reporters later in the day, the newly elected mayor said a decision on the action to be taken against the two BJP councillors will be made at a meeting on Friday.
In the mayoral polls on Wednesday, Oberoi bagged 150 votes to the BJP candidate’s 116. The Delhi mayor was elected following three failed attempts amid the bickering between the treasury and opposition benches and repeated adjournments.
