After SC’s ultimatum, LG sets Wed for 4th bid to elect mayor

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Delhi may finally get a mayor this Wednesday, jumpstarting the much-delayed functioning of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
after the election results were announced on December 7, giving the Aam Aadmi Party a clear majority
Lieutenant governor V K Saxena on Saturday cleared convening of the corporation house on February 22 for election of the mayor after the
for the election within 24 hours.This fourth attempt to hold the mayoral elections will hopefully bring down the curtains on an ugly chapter
that of the deputy mayor and the standing committee members.A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B
recommended by the chief minister, GNCTD, I approve the proposal to convene the adjourned first meeting of MCD on Wednesday (February 22) at
came hours after CM Arvind Kejriwal recommended that the mayoral election be held on February 22.Reacting to the development, AAP MLA
Durgesh Pathak said that the party abides by the Constitution and will do whatever is required to be done on the first day of the sitting
under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act
Shankar Kapoor said while the decision was welcome, he hoped that AAP would allow the three polls to take place
constitution of 12 zonal committees
the 72-hour notice norm.