Mumbai: BJP corporator Makarand Narvekar wrote a letter to the Mumbai police demanding action against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation standing committee chairman for calling a meeting when Section 144 and complete lockdown was imposed in the whole country due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Earlier, BJP group leader Prabhakar Shinde wrote a letter to the CM Uddhav Thackeray and Mayor Kishori Pednekar requesting to cancel the Standing Committee meeting.
Even after the requests by the BJP corporators, the meeting was held as scheduled. As a protest, the BJP corporators boycotted the meeting.
Later, Narvekar wrote a letter to the zone 1 DCP of Mumbai police to take strict action against the chairman of the meeting, Yashwant Jadhav. "What was the need for calling such an unnecessary meeting when the government has imposed Section 144 in the entire country?" asked Shinde.
Opposition leader Ravi Raja said that meeting was official and held in the BMC office, with all precautions. Even seats were arranged 3-4 feet away from each other. The BJP was in no mood to relent.
