India, April 2 -- A political slugfest broke out in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) on Tuesday after the house learned that the state urban development (UD) department - headed by deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde - had suspended the civic body's resolutions to increase the retirement age from 58 to 60 years.

BJP legislators, led by Navi Mumbai strongman Ganesh Naik's nephew Sagar Naik, accused the UD department of blocking a pro-employee decision and retiring employees aged 58 years forcefully on March 31 even though the NMMC had passed resolutions hiking the retirement age.

"A resolution was passed by the house which has the authority to take the decision. Yet the administration went ahead and retired employees even as ...