Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Mahesh Kumar Khichi has been elected as the Delhi’s new mayor after he won in voting for the long-delayed election on Thursday.
#WATCH | AAP’s Mahesh Kumar Khinchi elected as Delhi’s new mayor
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Khichi, the AAP councillor from Karol Bagh’s Dev Nagar ward, defeated Kishan Lal (Shakurpur ward) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Total 265 votes were polled, of which two were declared “invalid.” Of the “valid” ones, the AAP candidate secured 133 votes, only three more than the BJP nominee.
Meanwhile, the Congress staged a walkout from the House as the incoming Dalit mayor would hold the post only till April next year. However, of the eight Congress councillors, one resigned from the primary membership of the party to vote for AAP.
