Col. Kirit Joshipura speaks as (L to R) Capt Raj Mohindra, Capt Ashok Batra, CMDE M Bhada and Maj SK Lamba listen at the meet at the Press Club yesterday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

It was high drama at Mumbai's Press Club next to Azad Maidan, on Monday evening as four former Navy officers, Capt Raj Mohindra (retd) Capt Ashok Batra (retd), Commodore Mike Bhada (retd) and Maj. S K Lamba (retd) and an army veteran, hit back at Minister Nitin Gadkari's recent tirade against Indian Navy officers for being "anti-development and stalling permission to build a floating jetty in the city."