India, June 13 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Satya Sharma and Sunder Singh were elected the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) standing committee on Thursday. All 18 members of the standing committee cast their votes.

Sharma was elected with 11 votes while her opponent from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Praveen Kumar got seven votes. Singh was elected with 11 votes while the AAP's Mohini Jeenwal got seven votes.

"No development work has taken place in the past two-and-a-half years but now positive steps will be taken toward development, and everyone's cooperation will be essential. Our goal is to work with dedication to make Delhi clean and beautiful," Sharma said after the election.

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