New Delhi (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: Bhartiya Janta Party taking a U-turn on their previous saying that they will not contest for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Mayor post and will let AAP to make their Mayor, has now named two candidates for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor’s post.
Rekha Gupta, a BJP councillor from Shalimar Bagh has been chosen for the Mayor 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 but the party’s IT head Amit Malviya had suggested the mayor’s election was still an open game.
“Now over to electing a mayor for Delhi. It will all depend on who can hold the numbers in a close contest, which way the nominated councillors vote etc. Chandigarh has a BJP mayor, for instance,” he had tweeted.
