The international wrestling event held earlier this month under the banner of Mayor’s trophy took centre stage. u00a0The entire meeting was replete with allegations and counter-allegations at high decibels. Maintaining that the wrestling event was illegal, like the Baisakhi festival conducted by previous mayor Mohansingh Rajpal, the opposition said PMC must put back the Rs 1 crore spent on the event in to civic body’s treasury.

The issue took root in the PMC Standing Committee, which on January 1 approved the money for organising the competition on behalf of the civic body. Baburao Chandere, committee chairman, passed the decision despite votes against it.