Mumbai, Aug. 22 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) house witnessed sharp exchanges among corporators on Friday after BJP's Priti Satam raised an objection against BMC public relations officer (PRO) Tanaji Kamble. Satam alleged that Kamble threatened an editor against publishing news critical of a certain civic department and warned that advertisements to the newspaper would stop if such reports continued. She demanded that Kamble be sent on leave pending inquiry. Satam's allegations triggered strong responses from corporators, with party members calling any attempt to influence editorial decisions through advertising "an attack on the fourth estate". Sena (UBT) corporator and leader of the opposition Kishori Pednekar, however, defended Kamble during the proceedings. In response, mayor Ritu Tawde cautioned Pednekar against taking a biased stand while the matter was being debated in the house. This is the first time a BMC PRO's name has been raised and criticised on the floor of the civic house in connection with an alleged attempt to influence news publication. The issue was also raised in the BMC standing committee meeting last week. Kamble refused to comment on the issue when contacted....