Delhi Mayor election, stalled due to AAP-BJP clashes thrice, to be held on Feb 16 now
Delhi,Feb 12: Delhi LG VK Saxena has given his nod to convening the next session of the MCD House on February 16, for election to the post of mayor.
The proposal to hold the House session on February 16 was sent by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
On Saturday, government nominees, including AAP leader Jasmine Shah, appointed to the boards of power discoms in Delhi by the Arvind Kejriwal-led dispensation, were replaced with senior officials.
Besides Shah, a spokesperson of the AAP, those removed from the boards include Naveen Gupta, son of AAP MP ND Gupta, and other private persons “illegally” appointed as ‘government nominees’, they claimed.
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party termed the LG’s orders removing Shah and Gupta from the boards of discoms “illegal and unconstitutional”.
The LG does not have the power to issue such orders, it claimed.
The sources at the LG’s office, meanwhile, said the finance secretary, power secretary and the MD of Delhi Transco will now represent the city government on the boards of the discoms, in line with the prevalent practice. Delhi LG VK Saxena had ordered the immediate removal of Shah, Gupta and other private individuals “illegally” appointed as government nominees to the boards of the BYPL, BRPL and the TPDDL, they said.
The AAP, however, said only the elected government has the power to issue orders on the subject of electricity.
-The India Today
