BJP set to get NDMC mayor, deputy mayor posts unopposed

After sweeping the civic body polls, the BJP is set to get the post of mayor and deputy mayor unopposed in north Delhi, polls for which would be held on May 18.
Today was the last day for filing nomination papers for the mayoral polls for Norht Delhi Municipal Corporation.
For the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, BJP's candidates are Preeti Aggarwal (ward No. 57-N) and Vijay Kumar Bhagat (ward No. 20-N) respectively, the NDMC said.
No other party has filed nominations for the two posts.
Incidentally, last year too, Sanjiv Nayyar was unanimously elected the mayor on April 28.

The erstwhile unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012 into the NDMC, the SDMC and the EDMC. The first MCD polls after the trifurcation was held the same year.

The post of mayor sees five single-year terms on a rotation basis, with the first year being reserved for women, the second for open category, third for reserved category, and the remaining two also being in the open category.
For member of the standing committee, seven nominations have been received.
From BJP, five candidates are in the fray -- Jai Prakash (ward No. 80-N), Jayendra Dabas (ward No. 37-N), Ramesh Kumar (ward No. 95-N), Aadesh Kumar Gupta (ward No. 98-N) and Tilak Raj Kataria (BJP) (Ward No. 63-N).

From Congress, Seema Tahira (ward No. 87-N) is contesting while Aam Aadmi Party's Vikas Goel (ward No. 72-N) is in the fray for the post of standing committee members, the NDMC said.
The MCD elections were held on April 23 in which the BJP bagged 181 of the 270 wards. Elections to two the remaining two wards would be held on May 14 and May 21.