New Delhi, June 9: The councillors of Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got into an ugly spat, which truned into a full blown physical standoff, at a meeting of the Municipal Coporation of Delhi on Thursday. A video of the ugly fight was shared by ANI and the councillors could be seen hitting each other and shouting at each other. The shocking part about the incident is the reason the workers of the two parties came to blows- party caps! Also Read - Suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain Confesses His Role in Northeast Delhi Riots: Police

Apparently, BJP workers objected to AAP Councillor Rakesh Sharma attending the meeting while wearing the party cap. Some BJP members objected to Sharma’s headgear and told him to remove it. Meanwhile, some workers forcible removed the cap from Sharma’s head leading to a lot of heat being generated. An argument on the issue followed, after which some councillors started beating up Sharma. The video captured Sharma being surrounded by two three BJP councillors and being slapped hard. ALSO READ: MCD bypoll 2016 results: Congress back in Delhi, AAP makes grand debut; shock for BJP ahead of MCD polls in 2017 Also Read - Coronavirus in Delhi: Kejriwal Govt Revises Discharge Policy; Here's All You Need to Know

Accoding to a report by Aaj Tak, BJP councillors have said in their defence that they were infuriated by the foulf language used by the AAP councillor. This was the first time that all the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi (North, South and North east/south) had a joint session in an open field. BJP councillors had on Thursday demonstrated in front of the Ministers and lawmakers of the Delhi government. The demonstrations and protests had been to implement the recommendations of the finance commission. Also Read - Navjot Singh Sidhu in AAP? 'He's Welcome,' Says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal