MUMBAI: The AIMIM, which for the first time secured a ward committee chairperson's post in the civic polls, landed in a controversy in M East ward after chairperson Khairunnisa Akbar Hussain put up her husband's photograph in her office situated in the M East ward office.

The photo was displayed alongside that of AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi. The BJP objected to the move, following which the photograph of her husband, Akbar Hussain, was removed.AIMIM netas said the chairperson was unaware of the issue and had the picture taken down as soon as it was brought to her notice. Vijay Ubale, the AIMIM leader in the BMC and also a corporator from M East ward, said, "On Friday, when the photo of her husband was spotted in her cabin, she was requested to remove it."

When contacted, Khairunnisa, a corporator from the Cheetah Camp area, said that she feels that the issue is being blown out of proportion. "My husband has always been politically active and previously also contested the assembly elections. His photograph was put up in the office by the party workers, and as soon as the matter was brought to my notice, I ensured it was removed," she said.