Even before the House assembled for meeting at 2 pm, Opposition Congress councillors held a sit-in at the portico of the building, demanding payment of pending old age pensions, claiming that nearly 80,000 pensioners have not been paid their monthly pensions by the municipal corporation for over an year.
The meeting began amid shouting of slogans and protest by Opposition councillors of Congress and AAP who accused the Mayor Ravinder Gupta of "corruption" and "collusion" with building mafia responsible for illegal constructions in the municipal area.
Leader of Opposition Mukesh Goel from Congress, who represents the ward, refuted the charge that he was involved in unauthorised construction and had taken Rs 20 lakh for it as was charged.
"Singhal is my rival for a long time and it is known to everybody," Goel said while accusing Mayor Ravinder Gupta of having "connections" with building mafia.
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