New Delhi, April 26 -- The BJP on Friday reclaimed power in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), with the party's Raja Iqbal Singh, 54, elected as Delhi's next mayor, after a gap of almost two and half years.
Singh secured 133 votes against the Congress candidate, Mandeep Singh, the Nangloi councillor, who got 8 votes, the Congress's total strength in the elected body. A total 142 votes were cast during the Mayoral polls. The BJP lost two votes due to the absence of MP Manoj Tiwari, while one vote was declared invalid. Key political figures, including BJP MPs Harsh Malhotra, Praveen Khandelwal, Bansuri Swaraj, Kawaljeet Sehrawat, and Yogendra Chandolia, cast their votes in the mayoral election.
Singh's election, and the BJP's return ...