The High Court of Delhi on Saturday stayed the notice issued by newly-elected Mayor Shelly Oberoi for re-election of six members to the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
The Delhi Municipal Corporation went to AAP, before an oddity cropped up, which showed that a BJP corporator can become the mayor of an AAP-majority council. Cross-voting loomed large, with the anti-defection law not applicable.
Replying to Kejriwal, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that the statements of the chief minister and other AAP leaders in the context of the municipal elections reflected their political frustration and lust for power in civic bodies.
A single-judge bench disposed a Petition filed by Furniture Block Market Association seeking stay on the sealing order dated 15/03/2022 passed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NrDMC) and direction to not to take any coercive action against the members of the Petitioner-Association.