AAP's Shelly Oberoi elected Delhi mayor

February 22, 2023 14:11

Shelly Oberoi flashes the victory sign

Aam Aadmi Party's Shelly Oberoi elected as the new mayor of Delhi. Voting began today to elect the new mayor of Delhi as the municipal House met after three previous failed attempts to hold the election to the top post.

BJP MPs Meenakashi Lekhi and Hans Raj Hans were among the firsts to cast their votes. Other BJP MPs -- Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Harsh Vardhan, Gautam Gambhir, Ramesh Bidhuri and Manoj Tiwari -- and AAP MPs Sanjay Singh, N D Gupta and Sushil Kumar Gupta have also exercised their franchise. AAP MLAs Durgesh Pathak and Atishi have also caste their votes.

BJP councillor and party's mayor candidate Rekha Gupta, AAP's mayor candidate Shelly Oberoi and deputy mayor candidate Aaley Mohammed Iqbal, former North Delhi mayor Raja Iqbal Singh, Leader of AAP in the House Mukesh Goel, and several other councillors have also cast their votes. The mayoral election is being conducted following a Supreme Court order after three failed attempts earlier to hold the polls.

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