Pune, June 22 -- The proceedings of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) were overshadowed by a symbolic and pointed protest on Monday, as opposition corporators from the Congress and the NCP (SP) donned construction safety helmets and black armbands to protest what they termed the "aggressive and intimidating" behaviour of their BJP counterparts.

Congress councillor and Pune City Congress President Prashant Jagtap, along with several Congress and NCP corporators, attended the session wearing helmets, alleging a threat of attack by BJP members inside the civic body assembly house.

The protest came in the backdrop of the chaotic scenes and physical altercation witnessed during the previous General Body Meeting over a controversy after an...