Summary:
This led to protests by the BJP corporators and supporters who raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Vande Mataram. It was slogan versus slogan when BSP supporters started shouting Jai Bheem. The newly elected Mayor, Sunita Verma of the BSP, continued sitting along with corporators from parties other than the BJP. BJP supporters also tore down a few posters put up by the BSP in and around the swearing in venue, saying they were not allowed. The BJP won 38 seats but lost the post of mayor both in Meerut and Aligarh to Mayawati's BSP.After the swearing in ceremony in Meerut, which was attended by top district officials and politicians, was over BJP corporators stood up and started singing 'Vande Matram'..