Last week, the AAM AADMI party faced another setback when three municipal councillors joined the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) ahead of the Mayor’s election in Delhi.
A week after the Saffron Party defeated the AAP in the Delhi Parliament poll, citizens experience the development of the government took place. The three members are Anita Basoya (Andrews Ganj), Nikhil Chaprana (Hari Nagar) and Dharamvir (RK Puram).
Triple Engine Government?
Virendra Sachdeva, president of the BJP’s Delhi unit, welcomed the MP, who said the national capital will have “three engines” governments at the centre, parliamentary and municipal levels to serve as Prime Minister Narend The Prime Minister of Narendra Modi’s vision developed under “Viksit Bharat”.
The transformation of three AAP leaders means that among the Delhi municipal institutions, the BJP now has 116 MPs, surpassing 104 after the MCD poll in December 2022. Congress has eight more seats. The remaining 12 seats are vacant.
Currently, MCD Mayor Mahesh Kumar is a member of the AAP.
Has the power structure of Delhi MCD changed?
Will the defection of AAP leaders change the power structure in MCD? At least not yet. The BJP has a majority in the house, but that is at least very little until the end of the mayor’s tenure in March.
With the addition of three AAP members, the BJP statistics are now higher than the AAP. However, the MCD mayor is the head of the AAP and can prove the majority by March without proving the majority. With the mayoral election scheduled for April, this will surely benefit the BJP.
How is the mayor elected?
The Mayor’s Election Academy consists of 274 members: 250 elected MPs, ten capital MPs (77 Lok Sabha, 3 Rajya Sabha) and 14 MLAs nominated by MCD spokespersons, nominated by MCD spokespersons, which is According to the party’s strength in parliament.
What happened in the last mayoral election?
AAP won the last mayoral election held in November 2024, with three votes. In addition to the MPs, there are seven Lok Sabha MPS (all BJP), three Rajya Sabha MPS (all AAP) and 14 MLAs nominated by Delhi are voters of the MCD mayor and deputy mayor.
The BJP will also nominate its 10 MLAs as MCDs, while AAP will receive four nominations for the nomination of citizen institutions, i.e.
The national capital will have a “triple engine” government at the center, parliamentary and municipal levels.
In the 2022 MCD poll, AAP won 134 wards, BJP 104, Congress 9 and Independents 3.
