Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay, who was also serving as the chairman of the standing committee at South Delhi Municipal Corporation is going to resign from the post of chairman of the civic body on Thursday. The announcement was made by Upadhyay in the house meeting of the corporation on Wednesday.
Until Wednesday, Upadhyay was holding two positions in the party — party president in the national Capital and chairman of the SDMC. At the meeting Upadhyay said, “According to the party rules, an individual can hold only one post. So, respecting the norms of the party, I would put in my papers on Thursday.” Complimenting Upadhyay for the work done in the tenure, Opposition leader in the civic body, Farhad Suri said, “He (Upadhyay) has served in the corporation diligently, and his work is appreciable.” Satish Updhayay, has been a first time councilor from Malviya Nagar in South Delhi. Several names are already doing rounds for the post of standing committee chairman in the south corporation.