The AAP will study the Bill introduced in Parliament to unify the three municipal corporations and challenge the decision in court if needed, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. "The MCD Bill has been brought only to delay the elections. What is the logic of reducing the number of wards? We will study the Bill and will challenge it in the court if need be," Kejriwal said.
He was speaking at a press conference after his deputy Manish Sisodia presented the Delhi Budget.
The bill to merge the three municipal corporations in the national Capital into a single entity was introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday by the central government amid Opposition claims that the move was beyond the legislative competence of Parliament. It also proposes to reduce the number of wards to 250.
Currently, the three corporations in Delhi - North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) - have 272 wards.
While the North and South corporations have 104 wards each, the East corporation has 64.