India, Feb. 10 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which suffered a drubbing in the Delhi assembly elections, now faces uncertainty in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), as a series of defections by its councillors has left the party hanging on to its majority by a razor-thin margin.

The reduced majority assumes importance in the run-up to the mayoral elections: the tenure of the incumbent - Mahesh Kumar from the AAP - will end in March, and the next polls are expected to be held in April.

A senior MCD official, on condition of anonymity, said that the AAP's hold over the corporation remains tenuous at best.

"The margin between the BJP and AAP has become much narrower since the AAP won the 2022 civic body polls with 134 councillors, a...