Who is Mahesh Kumar Khichi: The victory is a morale booster for the ruling party ahead of the assembly elections in the national capital early next year. Khichi, a Dalit candidate fielded by the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, defeated Kishan Lal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a narrow margin of just three votes.

Khinchi got 133 votes, while Lal got 130 votes. Two votes were declared invalid. Eight Congress councillors did not participate in the voting process, which boycotted the elections postponed from April due to a prolonged war of words between the AAP and the BJP. The Congress had demanded a full term for the mayor instead of the currently proposed short term.

Who is Mahesh Kumar Khichi (Who is Mahesh Kumar Khichi)

Let us tell you that Mahesh Kumar Khinchi is a councillor from Ward 84 of Dev Nagar in Delhi. Dev Nagar falls in Karol Bagh assembly constituency and he has done his B.Com from Motilal Nehru College in Delhi. On being elected as the new mayor of Delhi, Mahesh Kumar Khinchi said, ‘It is a very happy day. First of all, I thank our former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the bottom of my heart, who made a small worker sit on such a big post. We will work for the betterment of Delhi.’

At the same time, he was seen active in the wards many times, continuously appealing to people to vote in support of Somnath Bharti from the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat.

He appears to be quite active in his ward.

AAP had fielded him as a candidate from Dev Nagar ward in the municipal elections. He won the election and became a councillor. Now the party has fielded him as a candidate for the post of mayor in which he has won. According to MCD rules, mayoral elections are held every year in Delhi. These elections are held in April.