Lucknow, March 12 -- All's not fine between BJP corporators and city mayor Sushma Kharkwal. The rift was pretty evident when several corporators, mostly from the ruling party, boycotted Monday's executive committee meeting that was to discuss Lucknow Municipal Corporation's proposed Rs.4,236 crore budget for 2025-26.

The meeting was deferred till March 18 due to a lack of quorum. Ten of the 12 members were absent. Out of the 10, eight are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and two from the Samajwadi Party (SP).

All the eight BJP corporators have been asked by the party's district unit to attend the executive meeting now scheduled for March 18, and to raise their concerns regarding the budget directly with officials. They recently met...