High drama played out during the election of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Scheduled Caste Welfare Committee on Thursday, with AAP and BJP trading charges. AAP alleged that the election was hurriedly conducted to ensure panel posts for the BJP councillors While Delhi Mayor Pravesh Wahi accused AAP councillors of disrupting the election process.
The Mayor also accused the AAP councillors of misbehaviour and hit out at Chauhan for tearing his clothes. AAP councillor and Leader of Opposition in the MCD Ankush Narang said: “The BJP-ruled MCD reduced the number of Dalit members in the SC/ST Welfare Committee from 35 to just 21 with the objective of appointing its own chairperson and vice-chairperson.
The Mayor said AAP had not nominated a candidate for the election and questioned the party’s decision to oppose the process despite not fielding a candidate .”When the dates for filing nomination forms for the election were announced, the Aam Aadmi Party did not submit a form; consequently, the candidate was declared elected unopposed,” Mayor Wahi said. “They behaved indecently in front of the women councillors by tearing their clothes,” the Mayor said. Narang said AAP councillors would continue their fight for what they described as the rights and entitlements of Delhi’s Dalits.
