The battle between vegetarians and non-vegetarians, which had polarised the city a while ago, was almost fought again at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Improvements Committee meeting on Thursday when corporators across party lines demanded a change in rules to prevent discrimination on the basis of this choice.

They had earlier demanded that builders who refuse accommodation to people on the grounds of their community, or eating habits should be denied Occupation Certificates. But municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta, in a written reply, had told the committee that there is no existing rule to do so.