Delhi CM Atishi calls MCD standing committee polls "illegal, unconstitutional, undemocratic"; vows to move Supreme Court
Atishi launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday calling the elections for the MCD standing committee held on Friday as «illegal, unconstitutional, and undemocratic.»
She read out the Municipal Corporation Act of 1957 and said that the power to call an election only rests with the mayor.
«The MCD election that the BJP has carried out is illegal, unconstitutional, and undemocratic. Our nation runs with the Constitution and with the rules laid out in the Constitution. The parliament had passed a law, the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957. Under that act, there are a lot of rules, laws, byelaws with which the MCD runs,» said the Delhi CM during a press conference.
«Firstly in the regulations, it is written clearly that the election will happen in the Corporation's meeting. Secondly, in Regulation 3, sub-section 2, it is written that only the mayor has the power to decide the time, place and date of the meeting. Thirdly, the DMC Act's section 76 tells clearly that whenever there is a meeting, the mayor will be the presiding officer and if the mayor is not there, then the deputy mayor will preside. All this is not said by me, it is the law which is saying this, the act is saying this, the byelaws and regulations in the act are saying this but the BJP does not care about the constitution, laws or even destroying democracy,» she added.
Earlier on Friday, BJP's Sunder Singh won the election for MCD standing committee.
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