The bus driver alleged that the mayor's husband, MLA KM Sachin Dev, forced passengers to alight after intercepting the bus.
File photo of Mayor Arya Rajendran. (Facebook)
A controversy erupted on Sunday, 28 April, over Thiruvananthapuram city Mayor Arya Rajendran allegedly blocking a state-run passenger bus in the city for not giving way to her private car. Video footage aired by news channels showed the mayor and her co-passengers in heated arguments with the bus driver after blocking the bus at Palayam junction on Saturday, 27 April.