Delhi Mayor Election 2026 Result: BJP Corporator Pravesh Wahi Elected Mayor of MCD, Monika Pant Deputy Mayor (Watch Video)
Pravesh Wahi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday, securing a decisive victory in the mayoral election. Fellow BJP councillor Monika Pant was elected Deputy Mayor, consolidating the party’s control over the civic body.
New Delhi, April 29: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Pravesh Wahi on Wednesday was elected as the Mayor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). He is the BJP corporator from Rohini East, Ward No. 53. Monika Pant, BJP corporator from Anand Vihar, was elected unopposed as the Deputy Mayor of Delhi. The MCD congratulated the two in a post on X. Both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor belong to the BJP.
Raja Iqbal Singh of the BJP is the outgoing MCD Mayor. Earlier, Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed Singh as the presiding officer for the MCD poll concluded today. Delhi Mayor Election 2025 Result: Raja Iqbal Singh Becomes Delhi’s New Mayor, BJP Regains Control of MCD After 2 Years (Watch Videos).
BJP Corporator Pravesh Wahi Elected As Delhi Mayor
Earlier in the day, Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, who has formally joined the BJP, criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for not fielding a candidate in the MCD Mayoral elections, saying that they must retain their faith in democracy even when they know they will lose. Taking potshots at Arvind Kejriwal, she alleged that AAP's decision not to field a candidate raises questions about its commitment to democratic processes.
"Arvind Kejriwal has not fielded any candidate of his own. What kind of politics is this? They should have faith in democracy. They know they will lose the election, but they should still contest it," Maliwal told ANI. She said that MCD plays a crucial role in the development of the national capital and stressed the need for coordination between civic and state authorities. Delhi Mayor's Office Receives Bomb Threat Via E-mail.
"MCD is very crucial for Delhi's development. As long as the AAP government was in power in Delhi, they had left it in a terrible state. Now, MCD and the Delhi government need to work together," Maliwal said. Echoing similar thoughts, commenting on AAP not fielding any candidates in the mayor elections, BJP MLA Ravinder Singh Negi told ANI that AAP is aware that they will lose, hence they decided not to field anyone.
"AAP is not fielding candidates because they know they are going to lose the election since they don't have a majority. Delhi has a triple-engine government which is doing a historic job, and it will only get boosted," Negi said.
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