Shiv Sena Dussehra rally live updates: For the first time since the Shiv Sena’s inception 56 years ago, two Dussehra rallies will be held in Mumbai on Wednesday evening by the party’s rival factions — led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray — in what is being billed as a show of strength by both camps after a change in government in June. Anticipating huge turnouts at the rallies of the Sena factions, the Mumbai Police have tightened security at the Shivaji Park and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), an official said on Tuesday.
While the Uddhav Thackeray faction will hold its rally at the historic Shivaji Park in Dadar in central Mumbai, a venue associated with the Shiv Sena since its inception in 1966, the rebel group led by Shinde has organised their event at the MMRDA ground at BKC. The MMRDA ground is located close to ‘Matoshree’, the private residence of the Thackeray family in Bandra.
Ahead of the conclusion of the nine-day Navratri festival, the Mumbai Traffic Police issued an order, laying down traffic restrictions from 3 pm till midnight on Wednesday and Thursday, anticipating large processions for the immersion of Devi idols in the city. As per the restrictions, 22 roads will be closed for vehicular traffic, 18 roads will have one way traffic movement and 45 roads will have parking restrictions in Mumbai.