Delhi Mayor urges SC to set aside MCD elections held on September 4, 27

In her plea, Oberoi accused Saxena of “mala fide” and acting successful a “politically motivated manner” by “repeatedly invoking” bonzer powers nether Section 487 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act (DMC), 1957, without immoderate contiguous request to bash truthful and, thus, rendering the elected representatives of MCD, including the Mayor, redundant.

The plea contended that ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won a bulk successful the MCD elections, the L-G’s bureau “has been weaponised to undo the antiauthoritarian mandate”.

It said that though elections were adjourned to October 5 connected September 26, the aforesaid night, the L-G, who was successful Seoul attending the 10th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, issued a directive to clasp the voting connected September 27 by invoking bonzer powers.

The “undue haste and desperation to behaviour an contiguous predetermination speaks volumes of the motivated, mala fide and politically biased attack of the respondents,” the Mayor’s plea read.

On Friday, the BJP won the spot unopposed arsenic the AAP and Congress boycotted the predetermination process. Soon after, the BJP moved the apex tribunal urging it to initiate contempt of tribunal proceedings against Oberoi implicit the elections.

The BJP’s plea, filed done Advocate Shoumendu Mukherji, said determination was “willful and deliberate disobedience” by the Delhi Mayor of the SC bid dated August 5 that directed “for holding elections to the station rendered vacant successful the Standing Committee connected relationship of Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Municipal Councillor, Ward No. 120 (Dwarka-B) being elected arsenic a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)”.