Ahead of crucial MCD meeting, BJP claims anything can happen in mayor election

A day before the MCD meeting to elect the city mayor Delhi BJP leaders on Tuesday asserted that anything can happen hinting that the party was hopeful of springing a surprise despite AAPs majority and the Supreme Court ruling against voting by aldermenThe arithmetic favours the Aam Aadmi Party which has 150 votes against the BJPs 113 out of a total of 274 votes in the mayoral pollsThe BJP wants that Delhi gets its mayor at the earliest but AAP on one pretext or another is stalling it charged Delhi BJP working president Virendra SachdevaWe will ensure that the city gets its mayor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD meeting tomorrow But anything can happen there Sachdeva said when asked about the prospects of the BJP candidate Rekha GuptaIn the civic body polls in December last year the AAP ended BJPs 15year rule over MCD winning 134 of the 250 wards The BJP could manage to win 104 wards while Congress got nine and independents won threeAlso readIn rare move Uddhav Thackeray faction urges SC to decide disqualification proceedings against Maha CM othersDelhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor also claimed that the result of the mayoral election will surprise people but refused to elaborate on the strategy of the partyA section of BJP leaders asserted that the chances of the BJP mayoral candidate were not that bad claiming deep dissent among the AAP councilorsThe BJP had earlier alleged that the newly elected councilors had bought tickets for MCD elections in December and now they wanted key positions in the civic bodys deliberative wing comprising the mayor deputy mayor standing committee members and other committeesIt will not be surprising if some councilors crossvote in the election of the mayor said a senior Delhi BJP leader associated with the inner group of the party handling MCD mattersThe voting is done through a secret ballot and the antidefection law does not apply in the MCD HouseThe AAP received a shot in the arm after the Supreme Court recently ruled against voting rights given to 10 aldermen by protem mayor and BJP councilor Satya SharmaThe electoral college for the election of mayor comprises the 250 elected councillors seven Lok Sabha and three Rajya Sabha MPs from Delhi and 14 MLAsThe Delhi Assembly Speaker has nominated 13 AAP and one BJP member to the HouseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever