BJP Defeats AAP, Secures MCD Standing Committee Seat, Tally Reaches Eleven

WITH the victory of Satya Sharma as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the BJP has now secured 11 out of 18 seats on the panel.

- ANUP VERMA @ New Delhi

Sharma, the BJP councillor from the Gautampuri ward, won the final vacant seat by defeating AAP's Hema by a margin of 35 votes.

The election was held to fill the vacancy left after Gajendra Daral was elected as an MLA during the recently concluded Assembly elections.

The Standing Committee, which handles the MCD's financial matters, had not been fully functional for the past two-and-a-half years.

The vote took place during the MCD's general body meeting on Tuesday.

Of the 227 votes cast, Sharma received 130, while Hema got 95.