New Delhi: Finally, on Wednesday, Delhi has a mayor after three failed efforts over the past two and a half months since the MCD polls. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Shelly Oberoi easily defeated BJP's Rekha Gupta.
As Oberoi beat Gupta by a margin of 34 votes, Aaley Mohammad Iqbal of the AAP was elected as deputy mayor with a margin of 31 votes. Taking aim at the BJP, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal declared the results a win for the people of Delhi and claimed that the party's "goons" had been shown to be no match for the people.