The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Standing Committee elections will be held on September 26 to fill the vacancy after BJP councillor Kamaljeet Sehrawat was elected as an MP in the Lok Sabha elections
The elections will be held in the MCD House meeting, which will convene on the same date. During this session, a member will be elected to the civic body’s highest decision making committee and MCD’s financial backbone Standing Committee to fill the vacancy.
Once the elections are done, the process to elect the chairman and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee is expected to begin in October. These positions are crucial, as they have a significant influence over the MCD operations, including the allocation of funds and overseeing the development projects in the city.
No project costing more than Rs 5 crore can proceed without the standing committee’s approval making the significance of the body important. The committee consists of 18 members out of which the BJP recently strengthened its position by securing seven seats in the ward committee. Twelve members from the ward committees will join the Standing Committee, with seven of them being the BJP councillors.
For the remaining six seats, both the BJP and the AAP secured three each in the previous Standing Committee elections in 2022. One of the BJP's seats became vacant after Kamaljeet Sehrawat's election to the Lok Sabha and the upcoming election will fill this vacancy.
