The march started at 2 pm from Metro Cinema and head to Hutatma Chowk towards Fashion Street, to MG Road, towards Balasaheb Thackeray Statue, to Regal Cinema, to the Ambedkar and Rajiv Gandhi Statues and culminate at the Mahatma Gandhi statue

“Hatred is being spread all over the country. How will this be eradicated? Through Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals and ideology. The march will be a silent and non-violent one to ensure that his way of life will not be forgotten. Many NGOs will also remain present at the march. We appeal to people to join in large numbers,” said Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad at a press conference of the Opposition bloc on Saturday

“Be it any kind of division—caste, race or unrest among communities, everything is a product of the BJP and RSS’s divisive and malicious politics. During international visits, PM Modi goes to Mahatma Gandhi’s statues to pay respect, but his assassins are respected back here in India,” she added

Abu Asim Azmi from the Samajwadi Party had on Saturday said, “The central government has a divide-and-rule policy. We have been seeing this in the last few years. They take Gandhi’s name and do everything against his beliefs and ideals. We have to do away with them”

Preeti Sharma Menon said the central government did not work for the people. “They work to create a split between religions and castes. During these times, we want to showcase Gandhiji’s vision. They have been systematically wiping his ideals for the last few years. His fight for Independence was against the Britishers, ours is against these ‘kaale’ (tainted) Britishers within the country,” she had said on Saturday