BJP files nomination for north mayor’s post, other parties stay away
In what seems to be a mere formality for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has a clear majority in all three municipal corporations, its councillors filed nominations for the upcoming mayoral polls to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Thursday. Preety Aggarwal, 43, Councillor from Rohini-F ward, filed the nomination for the post of mayor.
The polls are scheduled to be held on May 18. Aggarwal is expected to be elected unopposed as both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress did not file their nominations for the post on the last day.
Vijay Bhagat, who won from Swami Sharda Nand Colony, filed his nomination for the post of deputy mayor. BJP was the only party to file nomination for this coveted post as well.
The BJP had a sweeping majority in all three corporations — south, north and east — winning 181 of the total 272 seats in the recent municipal elections. The AAP and Congress trailed behind with 48 and 30 seats, respectively.
Aggarwal said her focus will be to work on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachhta Mission, and her litmus test as north Delhi mayor would be to deal with the outbreak of vector-borne diseases in …read more
