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BJP files nomination for north mayor's post, other parties stay away

Preety Aggarwal, 43, Councillor from Rohini-F ward, filed the nomination for the post of mayor

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In what seems to be a mere formality for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has a clear majority in all three municipal corporations, its councillors filed nominations for the upcoming mayoral polls to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Thursday. Preety Aggarwal, 43, Councillor from Rohini-F ward, filed the nomination for the post of mayor.

The polls are scheduled to be held on May 18. Aggarwal is expected to be elected unopposed as both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress did not file their nominations for the post on the last day.

Vijay Bhagat, who won from Swami Sharda Nand Colony, filed his nomination for the post of deputy mayor. BJP was the only party to file nomination for this coveted post as well.

The BJP had a sweeping majority in all three corporations -- south, north and east --- winning 181 of the total 272 seats in the recent municipal elections. The AAP and Congress trailed behind with 48 and 30 seats, respectively.

Aggarwal said her focus will be to work on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachhta Mission, and her litmus test as north Delhi mayor would be to deal with the outbreak of vector-borne diseases in the coming monsoon season.

"I have started awareness campaigns in schools and outside religious establishments to connect to more women in this regard. I am already having daily meetings with safai karamcharis and domestic breeding checkers to clean drains and check for water stagnation. I will make sure that we are fully prepared for the season this time," said Aggarwal, who has been the party's Mahila Morcha member.

She further said that her focus will be on the 3S --- Swachhta (cleanliness), Shiksha (education), and Swasthya (health).

Of the total seven nominations filed for six posts in the Standing Committee — the statutory and most powerful committee in the corporation responsible for policy making — five were from the BJP, and one each from the Congress and the AAP. Congress'Seema Tahira, corporator from Sitaram Bazar, and AAP's Wazirabad councillor filed nominations for the Committee. BJP's Tilakraj Kataria from Shalimar Bagh (south) filed nomination for the post of Chairman of the Standing Committee and Ramesh Kumar Valmiki from East Patel Nagar filed his nomination for the post of Vice-Chairman of the committee.

For other member posts, BJP councillors Jai Prakash, Aadesh Kumar Gupta, and Jayendra Dabas filed their nominations.

All three corporations are set to have women mayors. As per the Delhi Municipal Act, in the first year of the new corporation, the posts of mayor are reserved for women.

The mayoral elections for south and east Corporations are scheduled for May 19 and 22, respectively.

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