India, May 21 -- Deputy mayor Sanjay Ghadi inspected L Ward for pre-monsoon preparedness on Thursday, an exercise aimed more at hitting back at mayor Ritu Tawde than checking to see whether the area was ready for the monsoon's onslaught.

Ghadi began his own round of visits after not being invited to the mayor's inspections earlier this week. "Such important civic works were traditionally inspected jointly by the mayor and deputy mayor. Corporators, deputy municipal commissioners and even officials are informed, but we were not," he said.

This is not the first time Ghadi has felt sidelined. After an earlier alleged protocol breach left him fuming, he decided to speak up. On "Tawde's style of functioning", he said "People believe everyone...