Chandigarh, April 18 -- While there is no news of the resignations vowed by mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla and BJP councillors over the steep hike in property tax, deputy mayor and Congress councillor Taruna Mehta on Thursday tendered her resignation from the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation's (MC) house tax committee.

In a strongly worded statement, Mehta questioned the functioning of the committee, accusing the BJP-led civic body of bypassing due process.

"There is no justification for any further meetings of this committee when the property tax has already been increased by three times," she said.

"Why was this not discussed in the committee before the mayor brought the agenda to the MC House? By deliberately not presenting the proposal ...