India, Nov. 5 -- The controversy over the removal of actor Dia Mirza's anti-firecracker video from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) social media platforms returned to the standing committee meeting on Wednesday, with the Congress demanding to know who ordered its deletion and the BJP accusing the opposition of giving the issue a communal spin.

Raising a point of order, Congress group leader Ashraf Azmi questioned the civic administration's handling of the controversy, arguing that ensuring a clean environment was among the BMC's statutory responsibilities under Section 61 (a-n) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act. He also criticised the civic body's efforts to tackle pollution, pointing out that Mumbai had slipped to th...