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Delhi Mayor Polls 2025: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has introduced its withdrawal from the approaching elections for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor within the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, thus handing the BJP a walkover, days forward of the polls. The polls are scheduled to be hung on April 25. The elections for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the MCD are held yearly.
AAP Alleges, Sabotage, Horse Trading
Addressing a press convention, former Delhi leader minister and Leader of Opposition within the Delhi Assembly, Atishi, stated, “The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will play the role of a strong opposition in the MCD as well. BJP did a lot of rigging during the MCD elections but still it lost badly. Even after this, it did not stop and all the councillors were poached.”
She stated her birthday party does no longer consider within the ‘politics of sabotage and horse-trading’ and has, due to this fact, made up our minds no longer to take part within the mayoral contest. “Now the BJP should form its triple engine government and fulfil its promises made to the people of Delhi without any excuses,” Atishi stated.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Hits Back
Reacting to the AAP’s withdrawal and allegations towards the BJP, Delhi Chief Minister and BJP chief Rekha Gupta claimed that AAP’s political base has been eroded within the nationwide capital as other people have misplaced religion within the birthday party. Gupta claimed that the AAP MLAs and councillors are unsatisfied with their birthday party management for adopting “anti-people” insurance policies whilst being in energy.
BJP Mayor, Deputy Mayor Candidate
The BJP has declared its senior councillors Raja Iqbal Singh and Jai Bhagwan Yadav as applicants for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, respectively, and is poised to win the elections.
Where Do The Numbers Stand?
The MCD has a complete power of 250 councillors. Besides the councillors, 7 Members of Parliament from the National Capital and 14 nominated MLAs as in step with the power of the political events within the Delhi meeting, are eligible to vote within the mayor and deputy mayor polls. The ultimate 8 councillors belong to the Congress. Of the 14 nominated MLAs, 11 belong to the BJP and 3 to the AAP.
In the 2022 MCD polls, the AAP bagged 134 of the 250 wards, whilst the BJP received 104. The BJP’s present power within the MCD has greater to 117 following more than one defections from the AAP during the last few months. With the assistance of 7MPs and 11 nominated MLAs, the BJP’s ultimate tally reaches 135, which is sufficient to assist the BJP protected a victory. The AAP’s ultimate tally along side the MLAs can be round 116.
