Chandigarh, April 3 -- Two days after the UT administration approved a three-fold hike in property tax on residential properties and doubled the tax on commercial properties, BJP-led city mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla held an urgent meeting with the party officials and councillors on Wednesday, objecting the hike.

An emergency meeting was held at the mayor office in Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) building, which was attended by BJP state president Jatinder Pal Malhotra, vice-president Devinder Singh Babla and Jagtar Singh Jagga, along with all BJP councillors.

During the meeting, all BJP councillors voiced their strong opposition to the steep hike in property tax imposed by the UT administration. The councillors unanimously condemned...