A contractor, who won a bid for a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) project, turned it down saying he could not build poultry and fish shops as he is Jain. The Standing Committee has demanded strict action against him for the 'religious comment'.

The BMC, which is planning to redevelop the dilapidated Bhaurao Chemburkar Mandai in Chembur, had invited tenders on June 6 for the construction of makeshift camps in the compound to temporarily shift the shops. Of the two bidders who responded, the Jain contractor quoted a rate 8 per cent less than the BMC's estimation.