BJP councillors protested outside Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Mayor Shelly Oberoi's office at the civic body’s headquarters on Wednesday, denouncing the AAP government for the delay in mayoral election.

The election for the post reserved for a Dalit in the third term of the AAP government has been pending since April due to the non-appointment of a presiding officer by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.

The LG declined to make the appointment earlier stating that he deemed it unfit to do so in the absence of Arvind Kejriwal, a former Delhi chief minister who was then lodged in Tihar jail. Kejriwal's successor, Atishi, took office on September 21, however, the date for the election is yet to be announced.

The election was expected to be held in the MCD House on October 28 following the new CM's appointment. However, the civic body in a statement later said it will not.

Decrying the delay, the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons, and Standing Committee members from BJP-ruled ward committees gathered outside the Mayor's office at the Civic Center and raised slogans, accusing the AAP and current Mayor Shelly Oberoi of being anti-Dalit.

The protesters warned they will hit the streets denouncing the AAP government if it does not hold the election immediately. Leader of Opposition Raja Iqbal Singh said that Kejriwal, despite his claims of being able to run the government from jail, failed to sign the documents to appoint a presiding officer for the mayoral election in April.