India, July 20 -- In a fresh development to the ongoing protest by councillors at the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) headquarters, a group of 100-150 on-duty staffers staged a sit-in of their own on Saturday morning-right next to the councillors' protest site at Navyug Market.

The staff, deployed across various departments including those assigned Kanwar Yatra duties, called on the councillors to end their sit-in and instead demand the minutes of the June 30 board meeting only after the pilgrimage concludes.

The councillors had begun their protest on Friday morning, alleging deliberate delay by officials in issuing the official minutes of the board meeting where a proposed property tax hike was rejected. The sit-in continued over...