Ludhiana, Aug. 1 -- A routine civic meeting at the Municipal Corporation's Zone D office took an unexpected turn on Friday after a heated altercation broke out between mayor Inderjit Kaur and BJP councillors, culminating in a dramatic sit-in. The confrontation reportedly began when BJP councillors, who had gathered to raise long-standing complaints regarding "poor" sanitation, damaged roads and choked sewers in their wards, were allegedly asked to leave the mayor's office by a member of her security staff. The incident triggered a sharp reaction from the councillors, leading to a standoff that lasted several hours.

As tensions mounted, senior BJP leaders including district president Rajnish Dhiman, state general secretary Anil Sarin and ...