Delhi Mayor election LIVE UPDATES: MCD session adjourned after AAP, BJP councillors create ruckus

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena, urging him to allow the elected government to fulfil the dreams of the two crore people of the national capital. 

MCD session was adjourned for the day after AAP and BJP councillors created a ruckus in the House. Next date for the voting will be decided.

"All the ruckus is started by AAP leaders. This is because they are unaware of the rules. When they are in majority, why are they afraid? AAP MPs do the same in Rajya Sabha as well. They should allow voting," BJP MP Meenakashi Lekhi said.

"BJP is doing hooliganism. Swearing-in of the nominated councillors was being held first. A ruckus broke out when we objected to it and asked that the swearing-in of elected councillors should be held first. They (BJP) threw a moment," AAP councillor Praveen Kumar said.

"It (Oath-taking of nominated councillors) was a Consitution procedure. How can AAP question it? It shows that AAP doesn't trust its councillors. It's a moral defeat of Kejriwal's party," said BJP MP Manoj Tiwari.

AAP councillors staged sit-in in the well of MCD civic center raising anti-BJP slogans.

A huge ruckus took place at Civic Centre before the swearing-in of nominated councillors. 

MCD Civic Centre witnessed massive chaos as AAP and BJP councillors clashed ahead of voting.

The oath-taking programme for newly-elected councillors began at MCD Civic Centre.

Preparations are underway for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Mayor Elections at MCD Civic Centre. 

Preparations are underway for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Mayor Elections at MCD Civic Centre. 

Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena nominated BJP councillor Satya Sharma as the presiding officer for the first House meeting on June 6 to elect the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Reacting to the appointment, the Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of being hell-bent on destroying all democratic traditions and institutions.

Delhi Congress will not take part in MCD mayoral election.The Congress has nine councillors while two others are independents in the MCD House.

The total votes for mayoral election are 274. The number game favours AAP having 150 votes against 113 of the BJP.

The election of mayor is held through a secret ballot and councillors are free to vote for any candidate since the anti-defection law does not apply to it.

The voters for the election of mayor are 250 councillors, seven Lok Sabha and three Rajya Sabha MPs from Delhi and 14 MLAs nominated by the Legislative Assembly.

The Delhi Assembly Speaker has nominated 13 AAP and one BJP MLAs to the MCD.

Mundka councillor Daral joined the BJP in the presence of party's Delhi unit working president Virendra Sachdeva and its former chief Vijender Gupta. Welcoming Daral into the party fold, Sachdeva on Monday said his joining the BJP will strengthen the party. With Daral joining the BJP, the party's strength in the MCD has risen to 105.

From BJP, Kamaljeet Sehrawat from Dwarka-B ward and Pankaj Luthra from Jhilmil ward have been nominated for the post of MCD panel's members.

Aamil Malik of Karawal Nagar ward, Raminder Kaur from Harinagar ward, Mohini Jeenwal of Seemapuri ward and Sarika Chaudhary of Jangpura ward -- all from the AAP -- had also filed their nominations for the standing committee's member

On Tuesday, the BJP declared Shalimar Bagh councillor Rekha Gupta as its mayoral candidate to challenge AAP's Oberoi in the January 6 election.

The last date to file nominations for the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and six members of the standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was December 27.

Jalaj Kumar and Aaley Mohammad Iqbal are the Aam Aadmi Party's nominees for the deputy mayor's post while BJP fielded Kamal Bagri. 

AAP fielded Shelly Oberoi and Ashu Thakur for the mayor post, while BJP pits Rekha Gupta.