LUCKNOW, March 18 -- As the standoff between mayor Sushma Kharkwal and dissenting corporators continued, Lucknow Municipal Corporation's (LMC's) budget meeting rescheduled for this Tuesday has been postponed to an unknown date. The mayor has confirmed the development.

Amid reconciliation efforts, this was the second time that a meeting of the 12-member executive council to discuss LMC's proposed Rs.4,236 crore budget had to be cancelled. On March 10, it was put off till after Holi due to a boycott by eight members from the Bharatiya Janata Party and two from the Samajwadi Party.

Senior LMC officials confirmed that no mutual agreement regarding the budget allocations could be reached between the corporators and the civic body. The meetin...