India, May 17 -- City BJP president and MLA Ameet Satam has raised strong objections to the BMC's public-private partnership (PPP) policy for municipal school plots and demanded that the allotment of five school plots under the policy be cancelled immediately.

In a letter to mayor Ritu Tawde and BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide, Satam said that the civic body needed to review the scheme properly before moving ahead with it. He demanded that the BMC appoint a committee to review it in detail, hold discussions in the civic house and then create a balanced and inclusive policy after taking suggestions from elected representatives and education experts.

The BMC has currently identified six school plots reserved for municipal schools to be han...