Rain fails to dampen the spirits of children, adults, senior citizens and also some foreigners participating in the protest rally; politicians lend backing to demand for scrapping BB-PP road project
Interestingly, leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have also shown interest in the seat which has so far been contested by the Congress as part of the seat-sharing agreement in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition.
In an unprecedented massive show of strength, over 80 political parties and social organisations staged a silent march here on Tuesday to protest the repeated slurs on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and other icons, while large areas of the city, .
Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) members Congress, Shiv Sena-UBT, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), around three dozen Maratha, Shiv Premi and Muslim organisations, the royal descendent Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale and a large number of women walked in the silent march from Deccan to Lal Mahal areas of Pune City.