The city will have three scheduled caste mayors, as the seat of the three mayors is reserved for this category this time on rotation basis. As the rules the first year the posts of mayors were reserved for women and were open in the second year. In the third year all the seats are reserved for scheduled caste members.
‘The election of mayor and deputy mayor of North DMC would be held on 28 April and a special meeting of the house has been summoned. The last of filing the nominations for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor will be 17 April,’ said YS Maan, director, Press and Information of North and East MCD. Besides, the election of mayors the election for the various posts in the three corporations will also conducted in this month only.
Phe prominent scheduled caste faces in North DMC are Yogendera Chandolia and deputy mayor Purnima Vidhayarthi. In East Delhi also BJP enjoys clear majority but in South Delhi BJP may have to make compromise with allies on the name of mayor.