Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) on Tuesday approved the transfer of all V3 roads - sector-dividing stretches spanning nearly 275 km - into the jurisdiction of the UT administration for carpeting and maintenance, amid high drama in the General House.

The controversial agenda was passed after protesting councillors of the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were suspended and forcibly removed by marshals.

This was the second time that the proposal was brought to the House. Earlier in March, councillors had rejected it on grounds that such a transfer would close doors for additional financial aid from the UT administration. The proposal, however, carried a dissent note from M...