Journalists covering the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) today protested against the Mayor of the corporation, Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, for not allowing them into the gallery for covering the proceedings of the corporation's general body meeting.
They raised the issue with the Mayor. However, she did not answer their question. Following this, the journalists staged a dharna in front of the council hall.
Corporators of the ruling TRS and the opposition BJP also entered into an argument over the issue. The BJP corporators asked the ruling party leaders the reasons for not allowing the journalists into the gallery of the council to cover the event.
The first general body meeting of the GHMC was held virtually keeping in view the spread of the novel coronavirus. Saturday's meeting was the first physical general body meeting held by the authorities.
The meeting had an 22 items on the agenda. The authorities roped in the services of 200 police personnel to provide security for the event.