New Delhi: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Adesh Gupta resigned on Sunday. He left his post after the defeat of the BJP in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD elections. The new acting president will be Virendra Sachdeva. According to sources, “Adesh Gupta resigned after the loss in MCD... The post appeared first on .

Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta resigned on Sunday. He left his post after the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD elections. The new acting president will be Virender Sachdeva.

Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a promissory note (Vachan Patra) for the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections.

Voting for MCD elections in Delhi is to be held on December 4, and results on December 7.

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022 to unify all the three municipal corporations of Delhi-- North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and East Delhi Municipal Corporation-- into one entity will come into force on May 22.

New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Two separate delegations of CPI and Samajwadi Party visited the Jahangirpuri area in Delhi where the demolition of structures took place on Wednesday as part of the anti-encroachment drive and alleged that the city police is forbidding them from entering the area citing the law and order problem.

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI The State Election Commission of Delhi has put on hold preparations for the municipal corporation polls that were due to be held in April after the Centre notified the DMC Amendment Act 2022 to merge the three civic bodies State Election Commissioner of Delhi SK Srivastava before his retirement on Wednesday issued a notification to stop the preparatory steps for the civic body polls He also rescinded various notifications issued earlier by the commission for the appointment of electoral officers for the civic body polls pursuant to the enactment of The Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act 2022 whereby the three municipal corporations in Delhi have ceased to exist and have been replaced by a unified single Municipal Corporation I SK Srivastava state election commissioner do hereby keep on hold all preparatory steps for the conduct of general election to three municipal corporations of Delhi and rescind the notifications with immediate effect the notification read The notifications now rescinded by the commission include those issued for the appointment of electoral registration officers-cum-returning officers for the wards of the three corporations district election officer for the wards observers and other officials for the municipal corporation polls Srivastava had in March deferred the announcement of dates for the municipal corporation polls amid a press conference saying he had received a communication from the Centre He had said the Centre was planning unification of the North East and South Delhi Municipal Corporations Vijay Dev on Thursday took charge as the new state election commissioner of Delhi He took voluntary retirement as the chief secretary of the Delhi government on April 20 Elections to the three corporations were last held on April 23 2017 The five-year term of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation will end on May 18 South Delhi Municipal Corporation a day later and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on May 22 The Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act 2022 lays down bringing down the existing number of 272 wards to 250 It will require ward redrawing exercise that is expected to delay the civic body polls for several months officials said PTI VIT VIT CJ CJ

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2022 which seeks to unify the three civic bodies in the national capitalThe legislation was approved by the Lok Sabha on March 30 and by the Rajya Sabha on April 5The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 18th April 2022 and is hereby published for general information The Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act 2022 No 10 of 2022 said a gazette notification issued by the CentreAccording to the legislation the unification of the municipal corporations in Delhi will ensure synergised and strategic planning and optimal utilisation of resourcesReplying to debates on the legislation in the Rajya Sabha Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said the move was necessitated due to the step-motherly treatment meted out to the civic bodies by the Aam Aadmi Party AAP government in DelhiThe way the AAP government in Delhi meted out step-motherly treatment towards the three civic bodies we had to bring this bill You can have animosity towards us but what animosity do you have towards the people of Delhi They have voted you to power Shah had saidThis bill is in accordance with the Constitution The Centre has the power to enact laws in the Union Territory of Delhi This bill from no angle is an attack on the federal structure the Union home minister had said allaying the concerns raised by some Opposition membersDelhi is only a Union Territory and not a full state he had said adding that Parliament has the competence to frame laws for DelhiShah had also claimed that the Centre has doubled the allocation amount to Delhi and not reduced a single penny due to it being a Union Territory but the AAP government has not paid the three civic bodies Rs 40561 crore in accordance with the fifth Finance Commission and instead given only Rs 21000 crore which is the reason behind the plight of these bodiesAccording to the legislation the total number of seats of councillors and the number of seats reserved for the members of the Scheduled Caste SC communities in the corporation shall at the time of the establishment of the corporation be as determined by the Centre and in no case be more than 250Upon the completion of each census after the establishment of the corporation the number of seats shall be on the basis of the citys population as ascertained at that census and shall be determined by the CentreThe number of seats to be reserved for the members of the SC communities shall as nearly as may be bear the same ratio to the total number of seats as the population of SCs bears to the total population of DelhiAll properties movable and immovable of or belonging to the erstwhile corporations shall vest in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi All the rights and liabilities of the erstwhile corporations shall be transferred to and be the rights and liabilities of the Municipal Corporation of DelhiAny pending proceedings including disciplinary arbitration appeal or other legal proceedings of whatever nature by or against the erstwhile corporations shall be continued or enforced by or against the Municipal Corporation of DelhiThe legislation was introduced in the Lok Sabha weeks before the polls to the three civic bodies of Delhi -- South North and East -- were scheduled to be heldThe polls were to be held in April and the Delhi State Election Commission had deferred it at the eleventh hour citing a communication from the lieutenant governor which informed that the Centre was contemplating to reunify the three MCDsThe Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2011 when late Sheila Dikshit was the chief minister of Delhi and the Congress-led UPA was in power at the Centre PTI ACB RC

New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction from the State Election Commission to remove election symbol from the ballot paper, including the unit of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the municipal elections in the national capital.

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die a day before the schedule, marking the culmination of the Budget Session 2022 during which the two Houses passed key legislations, including the Bill to unify the municipal corporations in the national capital.