NEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) revealed north and east body’s new mayors’ and deputy mayors’ election result on April 29. The elections for the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and three members of the standing committee of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) were held on April 26.
Avtar Singh, BJP councilor from Civic Lines was elected unopposed as the new mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and YogeshVerma, BJP Councilor from Ashok Vihar was elected as Deputy Mayor of NDMC. Talking to media Singh said, “Sanitation, education and health would be my first priority for East Delhitians.”AdeshGoel and Jaipraksh of BJP and RavindraBharadwaj of AAP were elected for the standing committee.
Anju Kamalkant, BJP councilor from Vishvas Nagar and Sanjay Goyal of BJP were elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of East Delhi respectively. Bipin Bihari Singh, Ajay Sharma and Abdul Rahman were also elected as the members of the Standing Committee.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act provides for election of mayor and deputy mayor from among the councilors of the corporations in the first meeting of the House every year.