India, Dec. 16 -- The 12 new councillors who won the recently concluded Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by-elections were administered the oath of office on Monday by mayor Raja Iqbal Singh during a special House meeting.

By-elections were held in 12 wards that fell vacant after the councillors, including now chief minister Rekha Gupta, were elected to the Delhi Assembly. Of the 12 newly elected councillors, seven are from the Bharatiya Janata Party, three from the Aam Aadmi Party, and one each from the Indian National Congress and the All India Forward Bloc.

The House also considered 19 proposals that had been pending after the last two meetings, of which 15 were passed. Among these was the allotment of 1,526.40 square metres of M...