AAP Withdraws From Delhi Mayor Polls: Worry Of Defeat Or Real Concern? BJP CM Rekha Gupta Says… | India Information

Delhi Mayor Polls 2025: The Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) has introduced its withdrawal from the upcoming elections for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor within the Municipal Company of Delhi, thus handing the BJP a walkover, days forward of the polls. The polls are scheduled to be held on April 25. The elections for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the MCD are held yearly. 

AAP Alleges, Sabotage, Horse Buying and selling

Addressing a press convention, former Delhi chief minister and Chief of Opposition within the Delhi Meeting, Atishi, mentioned, “The Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) will play the position of a robust opposition within the MCD as effectively. BJP did plenty of rigging throughout the MCD elections however nonetheless it misplaced badly. Even after this, it didn’t cease and all of the councillors have been poached.” 

She mentioned her occasion doesn’t imagine within the ‘politics of sabotage and horse-trading’ and has, subsequently, determined to not take part within the mayoral contest. “Now the BJP ought to kind its triple engine authorities and fulfil its guarantees made to the folks of Delhi with none excuses,” Atishi mentioned.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Hits Again

Reacting to the AAP’s withdrawal and allegations towards the BJP, Delhi Chief Minister and BJP chief Rekha Gupta claimed that AAP’s political base has been eroded within the nationwide capital as folks have misplaced religion within the occasion.  Gupta claimed that the AAP MLAs and councillors are sad with their occasion management for adopting “anti-people” insurance policies whereas being in energy.

BJP Mayor, Deputy Mayor Candidate

The BJP has declared its senior councillors Raja Iqbal Singh and Jai Bhagwan Yadav as candidates for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, respectively, and is poised to win the elections.

The place Do The Numbers Stand?

The MCD has a complete power of 250 councillors. In addition to the councillors, 7 Members of Parliament from the Nationwide Capital and 14 nominated MLAs as per the power of the political events within the Delhi meeting, are eligible to vote within the mayor and deputy mayor polls. The remaining eight councillors belong to the Congress. Of the 14 nominated MLAs, 11 belong to the BJP and three to the AAP.

Within the 2022 MCD polls, the AAP bagged 134 of the 250 wards, whereas the BJP gained 104. The BJP’s present power within the MCD has elevated to 117 following a number of defections from the AAP over the previous few months. With the assistance of 7MPs and 11 nominated MLAs, the BJP’s ultimate tally reaches 135, which is sufficient to assist the BJP safe a victory. The AAP’s ultimate tally together with the MLAs could be round 116.