Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has agreed to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s proposal to hold the Delhi mayor elections on February 22, Wednesday.
As per the order issued by the Lieutenant Governor, elections for the mayor, deputy mayor and six members of the standing committee will be held on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had shot a letter to the Lieutenant Governor requesting that the polls for the mayor be held on February 22.
The development comes a day after the Supreme Court ordered issuance of a notice within 24 hours for convening the first meeting of the municipal corporation to fix the date of the election for mayor. A plea was filed by AAP’s mayoral candidate, Shelly Oberoi, seeking the early conduct of the election.
According to the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, the Municipal House has to meet within a month after the conclusion of the civic polls and elect the mayor. However, the elections for mayor in the national capital have been stalled thrice even though the civic polls concluded on December 4.
