The AAP and the BJP have been locked in a tussle over management of the MCD for months. (File)

New Delhi:

Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) must share the highly effective standing committee of the capital’s municipal company with the opposition BJP.

The long-awaited election outcomes for the highest decision-making panel of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have lastly been introduced, following a authorized problem and subsequent ruling by the Delhi High Court.

The election, initially held on February 24, resulted in a 3-3 break up of seats between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP.

The MCD standing committee has 18 members. Six are elected from the home, and every of the civic physique’s 12 zones sends one consultant.

The elected AAP members are Raminder Kaur, Mohini Jinwal, and Amil Malik. Their BJP counterparts are Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Pankaj Luthra, and Gajendra Daral.

A fourth AAP candidate, who would have given the get together a transparent edge over the opposition outfit, needed to face defeat.

The announcement of the outcomes was delayed because of a dispute over one invalidated vote, which prompted the Mayor of Delhi, Shelly Oberoi, to name for a re-election. This choice was met with an uproar, and a re-election was scheduled for February 27.

The BJP councillors, Shikha Rai and Kamaljeet Sehrawat, challenged the Mayor’s choice within the Delhi High Court. The courtroom present in favour of the BJP councillors, ruling that the choice to declare a vote invalid was “bad in law.” The courtroom additional ordered that the rejected poll be counted.

On May 23, the Delhi High Court put aside the Mayor’s choice for a re-election and directed her to announce the outcomes of the February 24 elections. The courtroom remarked that pronouncing re-elections with out declaring the outcomes of the earlier ballot “prima facie violates regulations”.

The AAP and the BJP have been locked in a bitter battle over the management of the MCD eve after the AAP emerged victorious within the December election, ending the BJP’s 15-year rule.