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Shelly Oberoi, 39, has been elected as the new mayor of Delhi. ‘Goons have lost,’ the AAP said, taking a potshot at the BJP after the win

The decision comes a day after Councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiye Janata Party (BJP) got into a fist-fight over the re-election.

Videos show BJP and AAP councillors chasing each other to attack, push away, slap, kick, and rain blows after the BJP raised objections over the voting held on Friday and interrupted the counting of votes.

Justice Gaurang Kanth held a special hearing today at around 3 pm to hear the petition filed by Kawaljeet Sehrawat and Shikha Roy, the elected standing committee members from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Hours after the municipal House was rocked by fresh clashes between the councillors of the BJP and the AAP, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday alleged that a few members of the saffron party inflicted life-threatening attack on her.

Saurabh Bharadwaj shared a video of himself on Twitter where he claimed that  AAP received 138 votes while the party had only 134 Councillors till Friday morning.

Shelly Oberoi defeated Rekha Gupta by 34 votes to become the first ever AAP mayor of Delhi.

The polling for MCD standing committee members began on  Wednesday evening, however, it was hampered due to the BJP councillors protest against the decision of the mayor, who was presiding over the poll process.

The much-delayed Delhi mayoral poll will be held on February 22 after a Supreme Court order paved the way for the election.

The Court also noted in its order that the plea has raised objection to holding simultaneous elections to the post of mayor, deputy mayor and standing committee.