MUMBAI: Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Samajwadi party leaders in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC have objected to the Shiv Sena-led standing committee's decision to hold its weekly meeting online via Zoom platform.
The opposition parties said that while the government is allowing 25 people to attend weddings, the meeting should also be allowed offline by following Covid-appropriate norms as the standing committee has only 26 members across party lines.
Samajwadi party leader Rai Shaikh alleged that Sena and civic administration want to conduct the meeting online so as to evade tough questions from the opposition members pertaining to huge purchases being made in the name of Covid-19, the recent Bhandup blaze which killed nine people and also the reinstatement of engineers who were dismissed following the Kamala Mills restaurant blaze.