Overview
- Nine councillors left the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s top panel on Tuesday through a draw of lots, a day after a chaotic meeting was adjourned when AAP members protested over pending minutes.
- The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act requires the 18-member standing committee to retire half its members after one year, with two-year terms staggered by a lottery to keep continuity.
- According to the draw outcome reported by PTI, six BJP councillors and three from AAP retired, leaving five BJP and four AAP members on the committee until nine seats are refilled.
- A proposal to approve garbage management contracts worth about ₹2,939 crore for South, Central and West zones now waits for the reconstituted panel, as does a plan to set up a medical college in north Delhi.
- AAP had alleged that extensions for landfill biomining work worth about ₹650 crore were pushed without fresh financial tenders at Okhla, Bhalsa and Ghazipur, a claim Chairperson Satya Sharma called baseless, and the committee had rescheduled the draw after Monday’s clash over confirming previous minutes.