The first meeting of Bhopal Municipal Corporation, which lasted for about a quarter of an hour ended in chaos. Congress councilors surrounded the 'city government' on the issue of tax. They stood in front of Speaker Kishan Suryavanshi with a poster with slogans like 'Take back the increased tax' in their hands.
On the other hand, the proposal of 21 zone committees was passed on the basis of majority amid the uproar. The BJP and Congress councilors came face to face several times during the meeting. The meeting was adjourned sine die after paying tribute and the national anthem. Earlier, it was also said that the decisions taken in the MIC meeting should be implemented. Many decisions were taken here including exemption in property tax till September.
In the meeting that started at 12.15 pm, the Congress started a ruckus on the issue of tax. Before the mayor's speech, Leader of the Opposition Shabista Zaki began opposing the agenda of the zone committees. After this, Councilor Sagir, Azizuddin, Yogendra Singh Guddu Chauhan jumped in the fray. They reached in front of the Speaker's seat with posters in their hands. Seeing the commotion of Congress councilors, BJP councilors also jumped into the fray.
MIC members Ravindra Yeti, Manoj Rathore, Rajesh Hingorani termed the tradition of creating such ruckus even before the mayor's speech started. President Suryavanshi also tried to convince the Congress councilors, but they did not agree. Due to this, Speaker Suryavanshi left his chair and the proceedings of the house were adjourned.
At the beginning of the proceedings of the House, which started after about 20 minutes, Congress objected to the mike being switched off. After this, they again reached in front of the Speaker's seat. They were adamant on the agenda of the zone committees.
Meanwhile, the MIC member Yeti started telling the rules, while on the other hand the Congress councilor was speaking to the president Suryavanshi regarding tax, license fee etc. Speaker Suryavanshi advised the councilors to remain peaceful, but the councilors again started a ruckus. Shortly after, they sat on a dharna in front of the Speaker's chair.
Mayor Malti Rai had to come to the ground amid the uproar. She started the discussion regarding the election of zone committees and demanded from the chairman to announce the date of election of zone committees soon. She also talked about implementing the decision taken in the MIC meeting.
After the mayor's speech, the commotion started again. Leader of Opposition Zaki protested against increasing the property and water tax. MIC member Yeti took the stand for increasing the tax. On this issue both the sides again came face to face. Congress councilors surrounded the chair for the third time. Congress councilors were adamant on withdrawing the tax hike. They also raised slogans like 'dictatorship will not work'.