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New Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
MCD election for vacant Standing Committee seat, 4 House sittings on June 3
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will hold an election on June 3 to fill a vacant seat in its Standing Committee. The vacancy arose after councillor Gajender Singh Daral resigned following his election as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in February. In addition to the election, four General House meetings have also been scheduled for the same day. An official statement from the MCD said, 'After being elected as an MLA, Gajender Singh Daral, councillor from Mundka, resigned. This created a vacancy in the Standing Committee. As Daral was elected to the Committee from the Corporation's quota, according to Section 45 (5) of the DMC Act, 1957 (amended in 2022), the seat must be filled by councillors from among themselves during a Corporation meeting. His tenure was to begin from the date the Standing Committee is officially formed, which has not yet been decided.' The election will follow the process set out in Regulation 51 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Procedure and Conduct of Business) Regulations, 1958. Another MCD statement said that a general meeting will be held at 2:00 PM on June 3. Following the Standing Committee election, the Corporation will also conduct three previously postponed meetings. These meetings, originally scheduled for January 2024, April 2025, and May 2025, will be held back-to-back at 4:00 pm, 4:10 pm and 4:20 pm on the same day. Last Monday, the MCD had already announced elections for two other vacant Standing Committee seats, scheduled for June 2. These vacancies also resulted from the resignation of councillors who were elected as MLAs. The councillors represented ward numbers 164 and 74 and were members of the Standing Committee from the South Zone Wards Committee and the City-SP Zone Wards Committee, respectively. These developments come amid major political changes within the MCD. After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) formed the municipal government, several of its councillors defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This shift helped the BJP win both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections, dealing a setback to the AAP.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
MCD picks June 2 as new date to hold ward committee elections
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Monday announced June 2 as the new date for holding the ward committee elections in its 12 zones. On the same day, the election for two standing committee members from South and City Sadar-Paharganj zones will also take place. According to an MCD notification, "As per Section 51 read with Section 47 of Delhi Municipal Corporation Act , the ward committee shall at its first meeting each year elect one of its members (who is a councillor) as chairman and another member as deputy chairman. The election will be held in accordance with the procedure laid down in DMC Act." Nominations can be filed until May 27 and withdrawn before the commencement of the election proceedings, it added. Due to the India-Pakistan tension, the elections, which were to be held on May 22, were postponed. The standing committee seats were vacated after AAP councillors Purandeep Sawhney from Chandni Chowk and Prem Chauhan from Ambedkar Nagar won the assembly elections in Feb. The last date for filing the nominations is May 27. Of the 12 zones, seven have chairmen from BJP, including Shahdara South, Shahdara North, Narela, Najafgarh, Keshavpuram, Civil Lines and Central. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Perdagangkan CFD Emas dengan Broker Tepercaya IC Markets Mendaftar Undo The remaining five—City Sadar-Paharganj, South, Karol Bagh, West and Rohini—have chairmen from AAP. Even when AAP lost the majority prior to the last mayoral elections in April and its number of councillors reduced from 132 in Sept 2024 to 113 in April 2025, the party maintained a majority in the above five zones and the gap was huge. But now, with 15 of its councillors forming a new party, this gap has reduced drastically in South, West and Rohini zones. The election to fill another vacant position in the standing committee is likely on June 3 during a house meeting. Out of the 15 elected members in the 18-member standing committee, BJP has nine while AAP has six members. Once these elections are completed, MCD will work towards constituting the standing committee and conducting its chairman's poll, possibly in June, said officials.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
File seeking dissolution of Delhi Medical Council with LG, says health minister
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh on Friday said the government has sent a proposal to Lt Governor V K Saxena seeking dissolution of the medical council over alleged irregularities. The Delhi Medical Council is an autonomous statutory body responsible for regulating the practice of medicine in the national capital. It ensures that ethical standards are maintained by private doctors to safeguard patient safety. "The file regarding the dissolution of DMC is with LG. Until a new council is formed, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Delhi will take charge. There were several allegations, ranging from mismanagement to corruption," Singh said. "Additionally, the tenure of the current president and vice president is about to end. There were also allegations concerning the registration of some doctors," he added. Officials from the Health Department said they had sent a proposal to the Lt Governor seeking control over the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) under Section 29 of the DMC Act, 1997. The proposal recommends the dissolution of the council.
The Hindu
16-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
File seeking dissolution of Delhi Medical Council with LG, says Delhi Health Minister
Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh on Friday (May 16, 2025) said the government has sent a proposal to Lt Governor V K Saxena seeking dissolution of the medical council over alleged irregularities. The Delhi Medical Council is an autonomous statutory body responsible for regulating the practice of medicine in the national capital. It ensures that ethical standards are maintained by private doctors to safeguard patient safety. "The file regarding the dissolution of DMC is with LG. Until a new council is formed, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Delhi will take charge. There were several allegations, ranging from mismanagement to corruption," Mr. Singh said. "Additionally, the tenure of the current president and vice president is about to end. There were also allegations concerning the registration of some doctors,' he added. Officials from the Health Department said they had sent a proposal to the Lt Governor seeking control over the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) under Section 29 of the DMC Act, 1997. The proposal recommends the dissolution of the council.
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Delhi govt seeks to dissolve medical council over alleged irregularities
The Delhi government has moved a proposal to dissolve the Delhi Medical Council (DMC), the statutory body that regulates medical practice in the Capital, amid allegations of mismanagement and irregularities in its functioning, people familiar with the matter said. If approved by the lieutenant governor (LG), this will be the first time that the council has been dissolved since its inception in 1998. HT has learnt that the health department has sent a file titled 'Proposal for control of government over Delhi Medical Council under Section 29 of the DMC Act, 1997' to LG VK Saxena, recommending the council's dissolution. DMC is an autonomous statutory body whose primary role is to regulate the practice of doctors in Delhi and ensure ethical practices are followed by private doctors in the city for patient safety. No response was received from the LG's office despite multiple attempts to reach them for a comment on the matter. A senior health department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: 'The file has recently been sent to the LG for approval to dissolve the council. Letters have been sent to the DMC in the past asking it to address systematic irregularities in its functioning, particularly regarding the undue extension of the former registrar's tenure. The allegations of irregularities in managing the council will be investigated and a decision will be taken accordingly.' No response was forthcoming from Delhi health minister Pankaj Singh despite repeated attempts to reach him. Meanwhile, the development has raised concerns within the DMC, with several members calling the move politically motivated and an attempt to 'control the body'. On March 3, the Delhi government wrote to the council seeking an explanation for alleged malpractices, including the unlawful continuation of Dr Girish Tyagi as registrar, the disbursal of salary post retirement, and recruitment related irregularities. The DMC's acting president, Dr Naresh Chawla, said the council has repeatedly requested the government to appoint a registrar but received no response. 'Now we fear that the government is likely to dissolve the council using its power under Section 29... It will be unfair to dissolve the DMC just a few months ahead of the council elections,' he told HT. The DMC was established in September 1998 under the Delhi Medical Council Act, 1997. Section 29 of the Act empowers the government to dissolve the council if it believes that the council or its office-bearers have failed in their duties or exceeded their powers. If corrective action is not taken within a reasonable time, the government can appoint registered medical practitioners to carry out the council's functions in its place. Dr Chawla said the council had shortlisted Dr Vijay Dhankar for the post of registrar on March 10 and submitted his name to the government. 'No response has been received from the government. At this point, the council is in dire need of filling the post. Due to the vacancy, the council is undergoing many financial and administrative crises,' he said. On May 8, HT reported on how the absence of an authorised signatory—the registrar—had paralysed the council, with ₹2.5 crore in payments stuck, including staff salaries and operational costs. A council member, who asked not to be named, said: 'We have been verbally told by officials in the Delhi health department that very soon the council will be dissolved, as the file has already been sent to the LG for approval.' The DMC, which is the only statutory body to handle complaints of medical negligence and professional misconduct in Delhi, comprises 25 members: eight elected by around 100,000 registered allopathic doctors in the city, one by the 20,000-member Delhi Medical Association, 10 by medical college faculties, four government nominees and two former officials. 'Dissolving the council would only mean that a democratically elected body is being fully replaced by government nominees,' a member said. Another member added, 'This move will also affect the public, as the DMC acts against hospitals in cases of negligence. Government control over such a body will also impact its ability to take fair action against city hospitals, most of which are owned by individuals with strong political ties.' Former council member Dr Arvind Chopra, who served from 2006 to 2016, also expressed concern. 'Since the inception of the DMC, the body has never been dissolved by the government, and the same should not happen now—especially when the DMC elections are scheduled to be held later this year in October–November,' he said.
