A few hours before the Delhi Election Commission will announce the date for the city company poll, the leaders say they cannot do it because the center has expressed its intention to bring together three national capital agencies – south, and east – who will need to be legally examined.
The move pulled a sharp reaction from AAP which called it a “killing of democracy” and accused that the body of the poll surrendered at the pressure from the center.
While the request to unite three MCDs, trifurcation by the Dikshit Sheila Congress government in 2012, has long been established, the time to implement it has caused an eyebrow, given that the BJP Delhi unit faces the strong anti-incumbency and aap that is buoyant after the polls are predicted to sweep Punjab. Delhi BJP has been powerful on the three civil bodies for three terms now, and AAP is expected to provide a difficult fight.
However, the Commissioner of the Election of State S K Srivastava insisted that the poll was not “postponed”.
“The central government collects several problems that have not been legally inspected by us and we will not be able to announce the MCD selection date as it is now. We will take a few more days. We have to do the election before May 18 … We don’t delay the election. If at all The unification of the city corporation occurred before May 18, then we must check the situation. That’s why we need it until now to seek legal opinions about it, “he said.
Deputy Minister of Manish Sisodia’s head accused the state selection body to bend the desire. “Today EC has called all media members for a press conference at 5pm to declare the MCD election date. But before that, the Central Government presses EC, and the EC maintains itself back and does not declare the date. This is very dangerous … today is today An unfortunate day for democracy, today has been a day of killing of democracy because of an election commission action … If the Election Commission refuses to carry out elections under the pressure from the government, what will happen to keep democracy and the constitution? “He said.
Chairman of the Minister of Arvind Kejriwal, on a Twitter post, said: “BJP has escaped. They got the MCD poll being postponed and recognized defeat. Delhi people were very angry. They asked how they had bile to delay the election. They will make They (BJP) lost their deposits. Our survey said we won 250 of 272 seats. Now we will get more than 260. But the Election Commission should not give up on the pressure from BJP. “
However, Chairman of BJP Delhi Adesh Gupta, said his party was not afraid of elections and the center decided to act because “Trifurcating MCD did not help in administrative advancements”.
In the midst of criticism, Deputy Secretary of the State Election Commission, PK Goel, issued a press record stating that when they were ready to carry out elections in the specified time, they had received communication from the Governor of LT Anil Baijal “expressed the intention of the Indian government to bring the Law in The ongoing session for the unification of the Three City Corporation of Delhi “. “The Commission is examining the communication and therefore decides to announce the election schedule later,” said the note.
“The selection process usually takes around 30 days and hence the commission has enough time to elect well before the expiration of the corporate tenure. The commission has no deferred or canceling the election,” he added.
This is different from his communication issued Wednesday morning where Goel said, “I was directed to state that the general election to three Delhi City companies would be held on April 2022.”
Some experts and senior MCD officials, for years, suggested to reunite three companies – it was sold in 2012 under the current Congress government, with the aim of declared to decentralize governance. However, the uneven financial division of three companies, paralyzed East and North civil bodies. The last seven years have seen a constant blame game than funding between AAP, which has power in Delhi, and BJP, who has been in power in the city.