Delhi mayor alleges attack by BJP councillors amid ruckus in MCD house

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Ruckus ensued in the MCD house during the elections of the Standing Committee members..

The BJP councillors protested against pictures being clicked using mobile phones inside the voting booth...

Delhi's newly elected mayor Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party councillors of trying to attack her in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) house, just hours after she was elected to the top post in the civic body...

After the House proceedings resumed, the BJP councillors continued sloganeering demanding secret ballot process to be followed by not permitting mobile phones inside the voting booths...

The saffron party had objected to the mayor allowing mobile phones inside the booth were pictures were being clicked..

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