India, April 25 -- BJP's Raja Iqbal Singh was on Friday elected the new mayor of Delhi, prompting celebration among the party's councillors.

With the AAP boycotting the election and the Congress reduced to a marginal presence, the BJP was expected to comfortably sweep the civic posts, solidifying its control over Delhi through the Centre, the nominated MLAs in the Assembly, and now the MCD.

"The main goal will be to improve the sanitation system of Delhi, remove the mountains of garbage, solve the problem of waterlogging, and provide all the basic and essential facilities to the people of Delhi. We will all work together with full dedication and hard work," Singh said after being elected.

Before being elected, Raja Iqbal Singh told PTI...