New Delhi, April 26 -- Polls to elect the new Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), scheduled for Friday, has been postponed due to non-appointment of presiding officer following a letter on behalf of Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday, stating that he "does not deem it appropriate to exercise his power as administrator to appoint the presiding officer in absence of the inputs from chief minister". The MCD said even though it got the Election Commission's nod to hold the mayoral polls, the appointment of the presiding officer has not taken place. Therefore, it may not be possible to conduct the elections for mayor and deputy mayor, the MCD said in its order.
Saxena, in a letter, attributed the ...