The Union Cabinet gave its nod Tuesday to The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022, which seeks to unify the Capital’s three municipal corporations — South, North, and East — ten years after the civic body was trifurcated.
According to officials, the adjustment will most likely be scheduled during Parliament’s current Budget session.
The Cabinet clearance comes days after the State Election Commissioner’s news conference to announce the MCD election dates was postponed at the last minute after the Centre announced its desire to merge the three civic bodies.
While the BJP has ruled municipal governments for the last 15 years, it is facing stiff competition this time from the AAP. When the State Election Commissioner chose two weeks ago to postpone the announcement, the AAP reacted angrily, accusing the Commissioner of caving into BJP pressure.
As not all provisions of the law have been disclosed, stating anything about the measure’s unification would be premature. The BJP had seven years to unify, but the manner in which they delayed the polls is detrimental to democracy… we have no objection to the bill,” Delhi Minister Gopal Rai was quoted as saying by ANI.
Meanwhile, AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj responded to the development on Twitter, writing: “Unification of three MCDs could have occurred long ago and could have occurred at any time.” This is nothing more than a ruse to postpone the MCD’s upcoming elections.
The BJP is afraid about losing the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections.” The national capital is divided into five municipal corporations: the Municipal Corporations of North, East, and South Delhi, the Delhi Cantonment Board, and the Municipal Corporation of New Delhi.
The North, South, and East Delhi corporations collectively cover the majority of Delhi. Prior to 2012, these three corporations were merged to become the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Published By – Damandeep Singh
Edited By-Kritika Kashyap
