Aam Aadmi Party stays away from the mayor and deputy mayor elections
NEW DELHI — The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday boycotted the mayor and deputy mayor elections of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), declaring the BJP’s “four-engine government” would now be forced to deliver real results instead of empty rhetoric.
“Their excuses won’t work anymore,” said the president of AAP’s Delhi chapter, Saurabh Bhardwaj, warning that within a month, the people of Delhi would see the BJP’s true face.
Bharadwaj took to the social media platform X and pointed out, “Despite all kinds of manipulations and political manoeuvring, the BJP has only 117 councillors in the 250-member MCD. Even in a House of 238 councillors, the majority mark is 120. BJP must understand that in a four-engine government, there can be no excuses and no hollow statements anymore. Now they must show results. The public will understand everything within a month.”
He asserted that despite losing the MCD election, the BJP had continuously conspired to grab power from the back door. “To win the MCD election, they carried out delimitation of wards, which was done with severe irregularities. Even then, the Aam Aadmi Party secured 134 seats, while the BJP got only 104,” he said.
He highlighted that the BJP even attempted to force votes from the nominated Aldermen in the mayoral election, pushing AAP to approach the Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court clearly ruled that Aldermen cannot vote. Even after that, the BJP is trying to intimidate and bribe Aam Aadmi Party councillors to bring them to their side,” he revealed.
In the interest of Delhi’s citizens, the Aam Aadmi Party decided not to field its candidates for the mayor and deputy mayor posts this time. “Now that the BJP has both the mayor and deputy mayor, they must immediately form the standing committee, make no excuses, and run Delhi’s four-engine government effectively to show real work on the ground,” he said.
