“BJP Councillors Attacked Me”: Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi

Violent clashes broke out between many councillors of the AAP and the BJP.

New Delhi:

Hours after the municipal House was rocked by contemporary clashes between the councillors of the BJP and the AAP, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday alleged that a couple of members of the saffron celebration inflicted life-threatening assault on her.

At a press convention in Delhi, she alleged that her colleague Ashu Thakur was additionally attacked by one other BJP councillor.

There was no fast response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Shortly earlier than the media interplay held on the Civic Centre, the mayor adjourned the House and introduced that the election to 6 members of the standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) can be held afresh on February 27 at 11 am.

AAP MLA Atishi alleged Ms Thakur was held by her scarf and dragged from the dais to one of many exit gates of the House.

“We will go to the Kamla Market Police Station and lodge a case of life-threatening assault on Mayor Shelly Oberoi and our different girls councillors,” Ms Atishi mentioned.

Scenes of uproar and high-decibel protests by BJP councillors had been witnessed within the House after Oberoi declared that one vote forged in the course of the election to the standing committee of MCD on Friday, was “invalid”.

The bedlam within the House was a full-bown pandemonium and violent clashes broke out between many councillors of the AAP and the BJP.

Mayor Oberoi had barely began to announce the outcomes when the ruckus started. One councillor even ripped off the mayor’s mike on the dais.

“When I used to be asserting the standing committee election end result, they (BJP councillors) pushed my chair and attacked me. BJP councillors Ravi Negi, Arjun Marwah, Chandan Choudhary and others inflicted life-threatening assault on me,” she alleged.

She mentioned poll papers used on Friday have been “torn” and misplaced in order an ethical duty, contemporary election can be held for choosing the six members of the MCD panel.

Ms Atishi alleged that what BJP members did on Friday was akin to “sales space capturing”.

“The BJP should settle for its defeat within the MCD polls. They shouldn’t attempt to use violence to get again door entry into (MCD) governance,” she mentioned.

The mayor additionally alleged that the ruckus on Friday amounted to disrespect of the House and the chair of the mayor, and was “sheer hooliganism”.

Ashu Thakur, later speaking to reporters, mentioned her scarf was wrapped round her neck. “I used to be dragged by the headscarf from the dais to an exit door, and if the fabric had tightened longer, it may have suffocated me to loss of life,” she added.

Later, AAP supporters held a protest exterior the Kamla Market Police Station.

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