New Delhi, Dec 10: For voters of Delhi age does
matter, it seems, when it comes to selecting their elected
representatives as 42 MLAs who made at the husting are over 45
plus.
Nine legislators are over 60 plus including,
septuagenarians and heavy weights like Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit (71), Speaker Chaudhary Prem Singh (76) and V K
Malhotra (77). Incidentally all the four MLAs, including two
from Congress and one each from BJP and INLD, who are less
than 35 years of age are also first timers in the fourth
legislative assembly in the city.
From Congress, those who have crossed 65 years of age
are Dikshit, Mangat Ram Singhal (66) from Adarsh Nagar, Kiran
Walia (65) from Malviya Nagar, Chaudhary Prem Singh from
Ambedkar Nagar, while Yoganand Shahstri from Mehrauli seat and
Narendra Nath from Shahdara, both have attained the age of 65.
From the BJP camp, those who will be seen in the
fourth assembly are Malhotra and three timers O P Babbar from
Tilak Nagar and Jagdish Mukhi from Janakpuri who have crossed
65. Malhotra is, however, yet to declare that whether he would
like to retain his Lok Sabha seat or sit in Delhi Assembly as
a leader of the opposition.
Of the total 25 Congress legislators who are in the
age group of 45-60 years are Jaswant Singh (Narela), Surendra
Pal Singh (Timarpur), Bijendra Singh (Nangloi Jaat), Raaj
Kumar chauhan (Mangol Puri) Harishankar Gupta (Wazirpur)
Parlhad Singh Swahney (Chandi Chowk), Kanwar Karan Singh
(Model Town), Haroon Yusuf (Ballimaran), Mahabal Mishra
(Dwarka), Tarvinder Singh Marwah (Jungpura), Chaudhary Mateen
Singh (Seelam Pur), Ashok Kumar Walia (Laxmi Nagar), Ram Babu
Sharma from Rohtash Nagar and Dayanand Chandela (Rajouri
Garden).
Bureau Report
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