India, March 31 -- Six Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members were retired from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) after official process of drawing the lots was completed on Tuesday despite protests by the Opposition. The committee will now be on pause till new members are selected, with financial-related decisions that fall solely under its purview on hold till then.

The draw of lots process had earlier been delayed by the chairperson and were not completed during the Monday committee meeting when it was abruptly adjourned amid protests by the AAP. The committee then had just one day left - the last day of the financial year -to complete the process under MCD rules to avoid creating potential for a s...