India, Feb. 17 -- The first proceedings of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) house began on Monday with the newly anointed mayor Ritu Tawde announcing the names of members appointed to key committees, including the Standing, Improvements, Education and BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport) committees.

The session witnessed a minor commotion when ruling alliance corporators, Yamini Jadhav and Trushna Vishwasrao from Shiv Sena objected to remarks previously made by corporators of Shiv Sena (UBT) during last Wednesday's mayoral election.

During the mayoral polls, when deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde visited the House, Sena (UBT) corporators had shouted in unison, "Pannas khoke, ekdum OK," an allegation that corpo...