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Delhi municipal corporation bypolls: AAP wins in 4 out of 5 wards, Congress 1

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March 3, 2021

Delhi MCD Election Results 2021 LIVE Updates: AAP Wins 4 Seats, Congress 1; Sisodia Lauds Victory

New Delhi, Mar 3: The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday won four of the five wards in the bye-polls to Delhi Municipal Corporation. The Congress won the one remaining seat.

Voting was held in two wards – Rohini-C and Shalimar Bagh (North) – in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, and three wards – Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Chauhan Banger – in the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on February 28. The Shalimar Bagh (North) ward is reserved for women, and Trilokpuri and Kalyanpuri are reserved for the Scheduled Caste category.

AAP’s Dhirender Kumar won the Kalyanpuri ward by 7,259 votes. AAP’s candidate Sunita Mishra claimed the Shalimar Bagh (North). The party also won the Trilokpuri and the Rohini-C ward. Congress candidate Zubair Ahmad Chaudhary was declared the winner by 10,642 votes from Ward 041-E Chauhan Banger.

The voting was necessitated after AAP councillors in four wards became MLAs. In the fifth ward, the Bharatiya Janata Party councillor who held the Shalimar Bagh (North) seat had died.

The BJP is in control of all three corporations since 2012, when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was divided into North, South and East corporations. In the 2017 elections, the BJP had won 181 seats, AAP 48 and Congress got 30.

The AAP celebrated the win, saying that Delhi has decided to throw BJP out of the MCD in 2022. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia congratulated the party workers for the win. “The people of Delhi are now saddened by the BJP’s rule,” he tweeted. “The public will bring Arvind Kejriwal’s honest and working politics in next year’s MCD elections.”

On Sunday when the voting was held, 50.86% turnout was recorded. Delhi Election Commissioner SK Srivastava said that special arrangements were made for coronavirus-positive voters but none showed up to cast their votes.

The highest voter turnout was recorded in Kalyanpuri and the lowest in Shalimar Bagh (North). AAP’s Sunita Mishra, BJP’s Surbhi Jaju and Congress’ Mamata were contesting from this ward.

Abound 2.42 lakh people were eligible to cast their votes at 327 polling stations. Twenty-six candidates across different parties were in the fray.

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November 14,2024

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Bengaluru: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government has requested the Karnataka High Court to direct the Mandya district administration and the state government to clear a madrasa operating within the premises of the historic Jama Masjid in Srirangapatna.

The Waqf Board, opposing this move, has claimed the mosque as its property and defended the right to conduct madrasa activities there.

The matter was brought before a division bench headed by Chief Justice N V Anjaria following a public interest litigation filed by a person named Abhishek Gowda from Kabbalu village in Kanakapura taluk. The petition alleged “unauthorised madrasa activities” within the mosque.

Representing the Central government, Additional Solicitor General of India for High Court of Karnataka, K Arvind Kamath argued that the Jama Masjid was designated as a protected monument in 1951, yet unauthorised madrasa operations continue there.

He noted that concerns over potential law and order issues have so far prevented any intervention. Kamath urged the court to direct the Mandya district administration to take action and vacate the madrasa from the mosque.

In defence, lawyers for the state government and the Waqf Board contested this request, stating that the Waqf Board had been recognised as the owner of the property since 1963 and, thus, conducting madrasa activities there is lawful.

After hearing both sides, the bench adjourned the case for further arguments, scheduling the next hearing for November 20.

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