Mysuru: Pandemonium broke loose right at the beginning of the Special Meeting at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) here this morning which was convened to discuss the draft annual plan.

The trouble began at the start of the meeting itself when the JD (S) member S.R. Nandeesh made allegations against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah saying that his government was not keeping its promises.

As a mark of protest, Nandeesh announced that he would refuse the honorarium provided by the government.

Going further, he handed over a blank cheque to ZP President Nayeema Sulthana asking the government to recover the complete honoraria he had received so far. He even challenged to quit his post if Siddharamaiah returns as Chief Minister in the next Assembly polls.

Taking serious objection to Nandeesh’s allegations, Congress members Dr. Pushpa Amarnath and Ravishankar said that the meeting was supposed to discuss on the annual draft plan but Nandeesh was unnecessarily politicising irrelevant issues wasting precious time.

With Congress Members threatening to walk out of the meeting, the ZP President tried to pacify the warring members but in vain. With no other option, she adjourned the meeting for 30 minutes.

The meeting had just resumed in a tensed environment when we went to the press.

ZP CEO P. Shivashankar and ZP Vice-President G. Nataraju were present.