Sena, BJP oppose MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's rally in Nagpur on Feb 28
This will be Owaisi's first public meeting in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region. He earlier addressed rallies in Mumbai and Pune as his party AIMIM is trying to get a foothold in the state.
BJP and Shiv Sena have demanded the cancellation of the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's rally in Nagpur on February 28.
This will be Owaisi's first public meeting in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region. He earlier addressed rallies in Mumbai and Pune as his party All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is trying to get a foothold in the state.
Owaisi, the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad, will address the public at a ground in Asi Nagar area here for which necessary permissions have been taken from the city police, a party release said on Thursday.
The public meeting is being organised to strengthen the organisation in the city and adjoining areas, MIM's local unit spokesman Shakil Patel said.
Meanwhile, a delegation of local Shiv Sena leaders, led by its city unit president Satish Harde, today met Joint Commissioner of Police and handed over a memorandum demanding cancellation of permission for the rally.
Local BJP MLA Vikas Kumbhare, in whose constituency the rally is scheduled to be held, has also demanded cancellation of permission for the meeting in a letter to the police.