Mumbai Live News Updates: Bombay HC grants bail to NCP leader Anil Deshmukh – The Indian Express

Meanwhile, leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) met here on Sunday to discuss preparations for a protest march organised by the Opposition bloc against the Eknath Shinde-BJP government on December 17 on various issues. The march will commence from Jijamata Udyan at 11.30 am and culminate at CSMT station in south Mumbai, a distance of almost 4 km, Congress leader Naseem Khan said. He said the insult of icons, the Maharashtra -Karnataka boundary dispute are among the issues that will be highlighted during the upcoming protest. Leaders of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, and Samajwadi Party will take part in the agitation, according to news agency PTI.

In other news, a day after The Indian Express reported that at least 30 vehicles procured by the Mumbai Police under the Nirbhaya fund to fight crimes against women were instead used for security of MLAs and MPs linked to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s camp, Opposition leaders criticised the move and sought answers from the Shinde-Fadnavis government. NCP MP Supriya Sule, NCP’s Maharashtra president Jayant Patil, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray and Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant among others took to social media to criticise the move.