MCD district committee election begins amid heavy security deployment | Politics news

In this vote, council members will elect a chair and vice-chair for ten of the twelve district committees at the zone level, as well as one member each for the standing committee, the highest decision-making body of the MCD.

Elections to form district committees in two zones – City SP and Keshav Puram – will not be held as neither BJP nor AAP have filed nominations.

Voting will be conducted in two groups of all MCD zones simultaneously, with councillors from five zones voting together while the remaining zones will vote separately.

The MCD zones of Rohini, Najafgarh, West, South and Central will vote between 10 am and 4 pm on the first floor of the agency headquarters at Hansraj Gupta Auditorium.

The remaining five zones – Karol Bagh, Shahdara South, Shahdara North, Civil Lines and Narela – will vote simultaneously at the Satya Narayan Bansal Auditorium on the second floor.

The election will be held by secret ballot under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Regulations, 1958.

City councilors from both parties hoped for a smooth election process.

“We are confident that the election will be peaceful and the district committee will be formed,” said BJP councillor Yogesh Verma.

Some also expressed concerns about the election results.

“I don't know what will happen. These BJP people can do anything. The LG is constantly giving us trouble. What can we do? We are helpless. They have put the chief minister in jail…” said Amrit Jain, AAP councillor from Budh Vihar.

First published: 04 September 2024 | 11:17 am IS