MUMBAI: All roads result in Shivaji Park this ballot season. With the meeting elections on Nov 20 and the marketing campaign ending on Nov 18 at 5 pm in line with the mannequin code of conduct, Dadar‘s iconic floor is in excessive demand for a rally on Nov 17. 4 events – the Shiv Sena, Sena (UBT), BJP and MNS – have made purposes to the BMC to host rallies that day. The MNS has claimed that because it utilized first, it should be given permission.
Senior civic officers stated that BMC has acquired the 4 purposes.”We’ll ship the requests to the state city improvement division and the Election Fee (EC). Additional motion shall be taken based mostly on the choice made by them,” stated an official.
In 2022 and 2023, each the Sena (UBT) and Shinde Sena had utilized to carry their Dussehra rally. In 2022, the BMC rejected permissions for each factions, and ultimately, the Bombay HC quashed the BMC’s order and allowed the Uddhav-led Shiv Sena to carry its rally at Shivaji Park. The HC had then noticed that the BMC misused its powers in deciding the applying of petitioners. The court docket additional directed the Uddhav-led faction to strategy BMC ward officers with the order and search permission afresh as per the GR of 2016.
In 2023, the Sena led by CM Eknath Shinde pulled out of the battle with the Sena (UBT) to carry the celebration’s Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park. This 12 months, the Sena led by Shinde did not apply for Shivaji Park for its Dussehra rally and as an alternative held it at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai.
In March this 12 months, the INDIA bloc held its rally at Shivaji Park forward of the Lok Sabha polls. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Delhi CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi addressed the rally. MNS candidates weren’t contesting the LS polls however the celebration acquired permission for Shivaji Park for a rally on 17 Might and with MNS supporting PM Modi, the Mahayuti held its rally there.
