In Relief For AAP In Mayor Polls, Court Says Nominated Members Can’t Vote

The Delhi mayor election had been postponed at least three times

New Delhi:

The members of Delhi’s civic body appointed by the Lieutenant Governor cannot vote in the election to choose a mayor, the Supreme Court said today, in what could possibly end the tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP over choosing a mayor for the national capital.

The mayor election had been postponed thrice in two months after the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, alleged the BJP tried to capture the civic body by electing a BJP leader to the mayor’s post. The AAP had won far more seats than the BJP in the December election to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, or MCD.