Mahesh Kumar Khichi of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the Delhi mayoral election, which was held on Thursday after a protracted wait.
Khichi, an AAP councillor from Karol Bagh’s Dev Nagar ward, beat BJP’s Kishan Lal (Shakurpur ward).
#WATCH | AAP's Mahesh Kumar Khinchi elected as Delhi's new mayor
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Total 265 votes were polled, of which two were declared “invalid.” Of the “valid” ones, the AAP candidate secured 133 votes, only three more than the BJP nominee.
Meanwhile, the Congress staged a walkout from the House as the incoming Dalit mayor would hold the post only till April next year. However, of the eight Congress councillors, one resigned from the primary membership of the party to vote for AAP.
Sabila Begum, the Congress member who resigned, had previously defected to the Arvind Kejriwal-led party in 2022 before returning to the grand old party.
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Source: HT
