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Thackeray Brothers’ October 4 March Route Shifts to Metro Cinema
Raj and Uddhav Thackeray are planning a public march in Mumbai.
It is called the Jan Morcha and is scheduled for October 4.
The march will now start at Metro Cinema, not Byculla.
Mumbai Police requested the route change.
The march is expected to begin around 10 a.m.
and end at the city corporation’s headquarters.
The demonstration is against the Election Commission, amid criticism over changes to electoral rolls.
Police officials checked the route and discussed safety and crowd arrangements.
The October 4 Jan Morcha against the Election Commission of India will now start at Metro Cinema.
The march is expected to begin around 10 a.m. and proceed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters.
The route was changed from the original plan to start at Richardson Cruddas in Byculla after a request from Mumbai Police.
Mumbai Police and administrative officials inspected the proposed route to review security and crowd-management arrangements.
The march was announced amid opposition criticism of the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Who
- Raj and Uddhav Thackeray, with participants from MNS, Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and the Nationalist Congress Party–Sharadchandra Pawar.
- What
- A Jan Morcha demonstration against the Election Commission of India.
- Where
- From Metro Cinema to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in Mumbai.
- When
- October 4; the march is expected to start around 10 a.m. The year is not specified.
- Why
- The march was announced amid opposition criticism of the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Key facts
- March date
- October 4; year not specified
- Expected start time
- Around 10 a.m.
- Revised starting point
- Metro Cinema
- Destination
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters
- Original starting point
- Richardson Cruddas premises in Byculla
- Reason for route change
- A request from Mumbai Police
- Issue prompting the march
- Opposition criticism of the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
Quotes
Yashwant Killedar
MNS leader involved in planning the march
“Acceding to that request, the march will now proceed from ‘Metro Cinema’ to the ‘Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Headquarters’. ‘Maharashtra Sainiks’, ‘Shiv Sainiks’, as well as all participating political parties and their office-bearers, should take note of this revised route. See you at the march!”
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“Actually, we have come to plan where to set up the stage tomorrow, where to start the rally, where to begin the procession, where the parking will be, and to ensure that children taking their exams are not disturbed. Discussions on all these aspects are ongoing, and planning is currently underway”
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