New Delhi : AAP candidate Shelly Oberoi was elected the new Mayor of Delhi on February 22, 2023. Oberoi secured 150 votes while BJP candidate Rekha Gupta secured 116 votes in what was the fourth attempt at conducting the polls.
Later in the day, AAP candidate Aaley Mohammed Iqbal was elected Delhi’s new Deputy Mayor, defeating the BJP’s Kamal Bagri by a margin of 31 votes. Iqbal bagged 147 votes against Bagri’s 116.
Starting tomorrow, all our councillors will start their work officially. The city’s landfills will also be inspected tomorrow itself,” Oberoi said following her election to the post.
“The 10 guarantees that CM Arvind Kejriwal has given to people, and the dreams that he has foreseen for Delhi, we will work on them,” the AAP leader said.
“Although my term as a Mayor will be short [one month], I am going to give my best to address the issues,” Obeoi said in response to The Hindu, when asked about how she plans to fix the MCD’s legacy issues.
Oberoi, a Delhi University teacher, is the first mayor of the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Immediately after his win as Deputy Mayor, Iqbal said he is committed to the people of Delhi and will work for their betterment.
With Oberoi’s election, presiding officer Satya Sharma’s role will come to an end. The Mayor will preside over the remainder of the day’s meeting and conduct the elections of six members to the MCD’s standing committee.
