A dispute broke out during the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) general body meeting on Monday after Mayor Harshali Chaudhari stopped Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Pralhad Mhatre from reciting a devotional poem before raising a civic issue.

Mhatre is known for beginning his statements in the municipal hall by reciting verses from devotional poems that he says are relevant to the subject under discussion. However, during Monday's meeting, the mayor asked him to skip the recitation and proceed directly with his argument, leading to protests and an uproar in the House.