The march was organised by the Samajwadi Party North Mumbai district leaders that began from party's north division office
In the protest march, the Samajwadi Party workers and some locals of Malad and Malvani were seen wearing masks of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
The protesters were seen holding placards, shouting slogans and appealing to fulfill their demands at the earliest
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Assembly winter session began on Thursday in Nagpur. The opposition, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders protested at the Vidhan Bhavan on the first day of the Winter Session, advocating for a farm loan waiver, bonus for paddy crops, and increased minimum support prices (MSP) for cotton and soybean
The MVA--comprising of Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Congress--leaders, wearing orange and cotton garlands, chanted anti-government slogans, demanding immediate relief for farmers, including loan waivers, a Rs 1,000 bonus on paddy crops, and MSPs of Rs 14,000 and Rs 18,000 for cotton and soybean, respectively, stated a report in PTI
Vijay Wadettiwar, the leader of the opposition in the assembly, emphasised the impact of unseasonal rains on farmers and the importance of proper MSP for cotton and soyabean. He advocated for concrete actions rather than government announcements, stated the report in PTI
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