New Delhi, April 17 -- AAP councillors, led by Mayor Mahesh Kumar, staged a protest outside the MCD Commissioner's office on Wednesday, demanding implementation of proposals to regularise 12,000 employees and give house tax relief. Councillors holding poster cutouts that read 'House Tax, Property Tax Maaf Karo,' marched to the MCD headquarters to meet Commissioner Ashwini Kumar, but he was not present.

Terming the AAP protest as a drama, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said despite repeated demands from the BJP, the Mayor is neither instructing the Commissioner to withdraw the "User Charges" nor calling a meeting of the House to pass a resolution against it - clearly revealing a secret collusion between the Mayor and the Comm...