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Delhi chief minister Atishi on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after it won the lone vacant seat in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) standing committee.

"The MCD election that the BJP has carried out is illegal, unconstitutional, and undemocratic. Our nation runs with the Constitution and with the rules laid out in the Constitution. The parliament had passed a law, the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957. Under that act, there are a lot of rules, laws, byelaws with which the MCD runs," ANI quoted the chief minister as saying.

“Firstly in the regulations, it is written clearly that the election will happen in the Corporation's meeting. Secondly, in Regulation 3, sub-section 2, it is written that only the mayor has the power to decide the time, place and date of the meeting.”