Delhi's next Dalit mayor to serve for just 5 months amid political tug-of-war

This will be the third mayoral term since AAP came to power in MCD in December 2022

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Delhi's upcoming mayoral term will see a Dalit candidate in office, but only for five months as political infighting has shortened the tenure.

The long-delayed mayoral elections, set for November 14, follow a seven-month standoff between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which led to repeated disruptions of the MCD House besides delaying the polls initially scheduled for April this year.

With the elections approaching, both the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP are intensifying their campaigns, setting the stage for a closely-contested battle to decide Delhi's next mayor.

However, the new mayor and the deputy mayor will only get to serve for a period of five months.