Newly elected legislators Ram Kishan Singhal from Adarsh Nagar and Mahinder Nagpal from Wazirpur constituency holding the post of Chairman, Standing Committee and leader of the House respectively would resign from their posts and the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Friday. Rajesh Gehlot, chairman of standing committee in South Delhi civic body is also slated to resign from his post soon.
Sitting councillors in the municipal corporations, who have been elected to the Delhi Assembly, after a series of dilemma, have finally decided to resign as the local councillors and take up as legislators. According to the rules, the newly-elected MlAs are required to resign from either of the legislative bodies within 14 days of the formation of the Assembly. The EC had issued a notification last week for the 5th Delhi legislative Assembly.
These MlAs were in a fix whether to continue as legislators and go to the polls again. Now, they have to quit their seats in the municipal corporations. Five BJP councillors have been elected to the Assembly this time as also Independent councillor Vinod Kumar Binny has been elected to the House on AAP symbol.