Script different, same climax as uncertainty shrouds MCD
Hindustan Times|January 25, 2023
For nearly three hours, the second session of the newly-elected Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) played out relatively peacefully, in stark contrast to the previous meeting three weeks ago, when a brawl between councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced the session to be called off.
Paras Singh
Script different, same climax as uncertainty shrouds MCD

NEW DELHI: However, Tuesday's session was thrown off track in the final half-hour, after all the nominated representatives and councillors were sworn in, as BJP members swarmed the well of the House, raising slogans even as functionaries were preparing to conduct the mayoral election.

Though the key bone of contention between the AAP and BJP on January 6, over oaths being administered to the nominated aldermen before the elected councillor, played out unchanged, members of Delhi's ruling party were, in a change from the previous session, seen trying to calm down their restive counterparts and allow the mayoral election.

The presiding officer, BJP councillor Satya Sharma, made little attempt to diffuse the tensions, eventually adjourning the House meeting indefinitely after a 15-minute break.

The house proceedings on Tuesday started at around 11.15am, with Sharma calling on the 10 aldermen to take oath first.

This story is from the January 25, 2023 edition of Hindustan Times.

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