New Delhi:

The Delhi Excessive Court docket has stayed the election to the municipal physique’s key committee a day after councillors fought in the home.

Mayor Shelly Oberoi had declared one vote invalid, which sparked a protest by BJP councillors that ultimately descended into chaos with councillors from each the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) and the BJP punching, kicking, slapping and pushing each other.

Ms Oberoi, who belongs to the ruling AAP, had rescheduled the election to the Municipal Company of Delhi’s (MCD) standing committee to Monday. The standing committee is a robust physique within the MCD that decides funding and tasks.

Within the order at the moment, the excessive courtroom stated the Mayor saying a brand new date to carry the election once more with out declaring the outcomes of the earlier election violated laws.

“The laws nowhere mirror that the Delhi Mayor has the authority to declare the election to standing committee members as null and void,” Justice Gaurang Kanth of the Delhi Excessive Court docket stated within the order at the moment on two petitions filed by Kamaljeet Sehrawat and Shikha Roy.

The excessive courtroom then issued discover to the Mayor, the Lieutenant Governor and the MCD and gave two weeks to answer.

AAP MLA Atishi stated the get together is pleased with the excessive courtroom’s determination. “The AAP has received. The BJP wished to legalise an unlawful determination. The BJP solely wished an election outcome that made them win. The legislation doesn’t give energy to hooligans, however the BJP at all times fall all the way down to violence,” Atishi stated.

Not less than 242 of the 250 councillors within the AAP-run civic physique voted to pick out six members to the MCD’s standing committee.

Seven candidates contested the standing committee election. The AAP nominated Aamil Malik, Raminder Kaur, Mohini Jeenwal and Sarika Chaudhary. The BJP fielded Kamaljeet Sehrawat and Pankaj Luthra. Unbiased councillor Gajender Singh Daral, who joined the BJP, can be a candidate.

After the Mayor declared one vote invalid, the BJP alleged that the AAP’s candidate would win, as per their calculation. The BJP additionally alleged the Mayor disregarded counting guidelines as set by the Election Fee.