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Thackeray Cousins Lead Massive Protest Against CEC in Mumbai
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News18•04-10-2026, 12:15
Thackeray Cousins Lead Massive Protest Against CEC in Mumbai
- •Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS boss Raj Thackeray led a protest march in Mumbai against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •Leaders from Congress and Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) also joined the morcha, which started from Metro Cinema and proceeded to the BMC headquarters.
- •Dubbed the 'Virat Garjana Morcha', participants demanded the removal or resignation of the CEC over alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions.
- •Party flags were prohibited; participants were instructed to carry only the national tricolour.
- •The protest follows a 'Jail Bharo Andolan' held by the Cockroach Janta Party against the CEC at Shivaji Park two days prior.
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Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray led a protest march in Mumbai against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The march was led by Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, with state leaders from Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) also participating.
The march began from Metro Cinema and traversed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in south Mumbai. Participants were instructed not to carry party flags and instead to carry only the national tricolour.
