The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor Kishori Pednekar on Friday refused to accept a second car and asked the administration to donate that money to the mayor's fund instead. Addressing her first press conference after assuming power on November 22, she promised a list of development plans for the city.

Pednekar said she has a small family and they do not need the car provided to the mayor's office by the BMC. "Instead, I will ask the administration to give the amount to the mayor's fund. The fund does not have enough money. I will also try to give a 100 per cent tax exemption for the contribution to the mayor fund, against the 50 per cent offered currently," she said.