Crowds have commenced to collect beforehand of Opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) ‘`Halla Bol’ protest march towards the Eknath Shinde authorities is deliberate on Saturday. The metropolis additionally probable to witness counter counter-protests with the aid of using the ruling best friend Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The metropolis is probable to stand main site visitors snarl throughout the rally.
To keep site visitors and rein in protesters, approximately 2,500 police employees may be at the streets to make certain that no untoward incident takes place, officers stated.
National Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar may even be part of the rally round 11.30am on Saturday. The march will begin close to J J Hospital and cease on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai. This may be the MVA coalition’s first ever main rally ever for the reason that Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction-led authorities fell.
The MVA allies Shiv Sena (UBT), Nationalist Congress Party and Congress might be getting rid of the `morcha’ (protest march) towards the `injustice’ meted out to Maharashtra, `insults’ of the state’s icons like Shivaji Maharaj and Mahatma Phule, unemployment and `atrocities’ towards Marathi-audio system in border regions of Karnataka in addition to business tasks being taken out of the state.
State Congress president Nana Patole stated people’s anger towards the authorities of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and BJP may be expressed via the morcha.
The MVA protest is being visible as an try to rally the allies after the Uddhav Thackeray-led alliance authorities became toppled in June this year.
BJP’s ‘Maafi Mango’ Protest
Mumbai BJP leader Ashish Shelar introduced that his celebration might additionally arrange its own `Maafi Mango’ protest in Mumbai on Saturday, disturbing apology from the MVA for `insulting’ Dr B R Ambedkar and Hindu deities.
Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut attempted to create an issue over Ambedkar’s birthplace, even as some other chief Sushma Andhare `insulted’ Lord Ram, Lord Krishna, saint Dynaneshwar and saint Eknath in addition to the Warkari community, he alleged.
Shelar, a former minister, alleged that Raut made a fake declaration that Ambedkar became born in Maharashtra which became an try to create controversy over his birthplace.
Dr B R Ambedkar became born in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. Meanwhile, an legitimate stated that the metropolis police has given permission for the MVA’s protest march at the circumstance that the organizers reap vital permissions from the site visitors branch and civic body.
Adequate range of police employees may be deployed at the course of the march to keep regulation and order, he added.
While granting permission, police additionally requested the leaders of all political events now no longer to make provocative speeches throughout the march or use posters, placards or banners that could harm the emotions of any person, the legitimate added.
As many as 317 police officers, 1,870 constables, 22 platoons of State Reserve Police Force and at the least 30 squads of Riot Control Police may be accessible to keep regulation and order, he stated.
