Mumbai: A scuffle broke out between members of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) during the general body meeting of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Saturday when three corporators refused to stand while ‘Vande Mataram’ was being sung in the House. Taking objection to their AIMIM and Congress counterparts sitting down, BJP and Sena corporators started raising chants of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Mataram’. Some corporators then entered the well and shouted slogans before the mayor.
In response, angry AIMIM corporators started sloganeering against the mayor. The mayor, observing that ruckus showed no sign of dying down, adjourned the House for a day.
The chaos, however, continued, with Sena and BJP corporators waiving saffron shawls to register their protest. Subsequently, AIMIM corporators ripped out the microphones from their desks and broke fans.
The mayor has suspended AIMIM corporators Sayyad Matin and Shaikh Jafar and Congress corporator Sohail Shaikh for a day.
