The general body meeting of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) today approved its annual budget amidst sloganeering by the opposition party corporators.
Corporation Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi announced that she was approving the budget proposals.
The opposition party corporators belonging to the Congress and the BJP held protests as soon as the general body meeting began. They condemned the interference of MLAs in development works related to their divisions. They also displayed photos of the collapse of the Goshamahal Nala, and raised slogans against the Mayor.
Intervening at this juncture, Vijayalakshmi expressed her anger at the BJP corporators, and suspended them from the Council meeting. However, the BJP corporators did not leave the Council hall, and continued their agitation. That led to the Vijayalakshmi announcing that she was approving the budget proposals.
The BJP corporators expressed shock over the approval of the budget without any discussion, and sat around the podium and raised slogans against the Mayor.
As the agitation continued without any respite, the Mayor adjourned the meeting indefinitely.