Overview
- A special MCD session on July 24 was adjourned after ten minutes of slogans and disruptions by AAP councillors objecting to the cut of the Scheduled Caste Committee from 35 to 21 members.
- Despite the uproar, the House formally constituted 12 special and 11 ad-hoc committees after validating all nominations.
- Opposition leader Ankush Narang accused the BJP of reducing SC Committee seats to secure its own chairperson and to weaken Dalit representation.
- Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh blamed AAP for deliberate obstruction of municipal business and urged councillors to raise concerns through formal debate.
- Councillors must file nominations by July 31 ahead of committee chair and vice-chair elections on August 6 and 7.