LUCKNOW, April 24 -- A municipal platform became the stage of a larger political confrontation at the Lucknow Municipal Corporation's special session on the women's reservation issue on Thursday as mayor Sushma Kharkwal questoned Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over his party workers having allegedly resorted to vandalism wherein they targeted a nameplate at her residence on Wednesday.

Simultaneously, the LMC House passed a censure motion amid protests and a walkout by Opposition corporators soon after the session started. The mayor had convened the special session to discuss the women's reservation bill and denounce those who did not let it pass in the Lok Sabha last week.

As proceedings began around 11 am, Opposition corporators ...