Delhi Mayor Polls: AAP Narrowly Escapes Defeat, Secures Victory By Slim Margin

Delhi Mayor Polls: AAP Narrowly Escapes Defeat, Secures Victory By Slim Margin

Delhi Mayor Polls: Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) candidate Mahesh Kumar Khichi was elected as Delhi’s new mayor on Thursday, and stated cleanliness of the nationwide capital will likely be his precedence.

Khichi, the AAP councillor from Karol Bagh’s Dev Nagar ward, defeated BJP’s Kishan Lal (Shakurpur ward) by a slim margin of three votes. Out of complete 265 votes, Khichi received 133 and Lal secured 130 whereas 2 votes had been declared invalid.

Khichi succeeded AAP’s Shelly Oberoi who assumed the workplace in 2023. “The problem is to work within the service of the individuals of Delhi – the way in which Arvind Kejriwal has completed the work for the individuals of Delhi… My precedence will likely be to work for the cleanliness of town,” Khinchi informed media after his win.

Voting came about to elect a brand new mayor on Thursday afternoon. Earlier, BJP councillor and former East Delhi mayor Satya Sharma was reappointed because the presiding officer by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Wednesday. Safety was tightened on the Civic Centre constructing forward of polls.

The AAP took management of the MCD in December 2022, ending the BJP’s 15-year rule. 



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