India, Feb. 26 -- New Delhi

Torn papers of policy proposals adorned the dais at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) house of councillors meeting on Tuesday, as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) grappled over the legality of the session and the AAP's manoeuvre to move two key proposals-advocating for large-scale property tax waivers and regularisation of thousands of contractual staff.

There was utter chaos as members rushed to snatch the microphones; as the AAP passed two private member resolutions through voice vote, the BJP hastened to raise slogans against the former.

Mayor Mahesh Kumar Khinchi (AAP) said: "We have passed proposal to regularise all contractual workers in MCD. Secondly, as per our pr...