NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket on Friday reprimanded Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena for ordering the elections of the MCD standing committee members. The highest courtroom questioned the LG’s resolution to nominate a presiding officer for the polls and raised aspersions over his interference within the democratic course of.
Whereas listening to Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi’s plea difficult the election of the sixth member of the MCD standing committee, the highest courtroom mentioned, “What’s the obtrusive hurry in holding elections? The nomination situation can also be there.The mayor is to preside over the assembly. The place do you get the facility? Below 487? It is an govt energy. What occurs to democracy if you happen to intrude like this?”
“This isn’t the way in which. Clubbing of those issues was additionally not justified. Reason behind motion arose in August 2024. You wait all this time…some quantity of politics additionally on this. Train of 487 was mistaken,” the courtroom added.
“We see why you’ve achieved this. We are able to learn between the strains. You shouldn’t have clubbed. Apart from one commonality. Offers us an impression that you’re getting over the delay in reaching this courtroom,” the highest courtroom advocate Sanjay Jain showing for Delhi LG
Bharatiya Janata occasion received the final vacant seat of MCD’s 18-member Standing Committee unopposed because the councillors of the ruling AAP and Congress boycotted the election. The BJP‘s candidate Sunder Singh received all 115 votes of the occasion’s councillors whereas the AAP’s Nirmala Kumari didn’t obtain any vote.
The standing committee is the very best decision-making physique of the Municipal Company of Delhi.
With this ballot consequence, the BJP now has 10 members within the panel whereas the ruling AAP has solely eight.
The seat had fallen vacant after BJP councilor Kamaljeet Sehrawat was elected because the Lok Sabha MP from West Delhi.
Within the election, the BJP’s Sunder Singh received all 115 votes of the BJP councilors whereas the AAP’s Nirmala Kumari didn’t obtain any vote.
