India, April 17 -- The municipal headquarters at the Civic Centre on Wednesday became the scene of protests with both Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders staging demonstrations and flagging issues ahead of the scheduled mayoral election next week.

Mayor Mahesh Kumar (AAP), accompanied by leader of house Mukesh Goyal and AAP councillors, staged a demonstration outside commissioner Ashwani Kumar's office on the ninth floor on Wednesday.

Their demands included regularisation of 12,000 contract workers, house tax reductions, and the rollback of "garbage user charge". At the same time, BJP councillors protested outside the mayor's office on the third floor raising similar concerns but alleging that it was "AAP ...