Almost all the businesses in the city have reopened—students have started going to schools and colleges, local trains are again witnessing crowding — but the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is still stuck with online meetings despite strong objections raised by the BJP and Congress. Though the BJP demanded a physical meeting of the civic standing committee on Wednesday, the chairman of the committee clarified that the state government has asked to carry out meetings only in the online mode. 

On Wednesday, BJP members had given a letter to the chairman of the standing committee seeking to hold the committee meeting in-person, but they were not allowed in view of the recent order from the government. “We went to the high court. Last week, the high court clearly said that those members who wished to attend the meeting physically should be allowed to do so. The court also directed the government to take the decision regarding offline meetings within five days, but the state hasn’t taken any decision till now.”