Overview

• AAP Mayor Mahesh Kumar and BJP councillors held simultaneous protests at the MCD Civic Centre, each accusing the other of failing public interests.
• The BJP protested against the garbage collection user charge, calling it anti-people and citing unaddressed waste management issues across Delhi.
• AAP leaders demanded the rollback of user charges, regularisation of 12,000 contractual workers, and implementation of promised tax rebates.
• Mayor Kumar alleged that the MCD commissioner unilaterally imposed the user charge without consulting the municipal house or passing a resolution.
• MCD officials countered that budgetary constraints and missed deadlines hindered the implementation of AAP's civic promises, including tax exemptions and worker reforms.