Summary
The Shiv Sena, which is an alliance partner in both the BJP-led Central and Maharashtra governments, launched agitations against the runway fuel price hike and inflation by carrying empty gas cylinders and organising mock funerals of the BJP. Thousands of Shiv Sena activists led by ministers, MPs, MLAs, and local unit leaders led the agitations carried out at 12 places all over Mumbai and its suburbs.Scores of Shiv Sainiks including MPs Arvind Sawant and Anil Desai, several sitting and former legislators and municipal corporators, shakha and gat pramukhs were detained across the city by police.The Sainiks, many carrying empty gas cylinders or fuel cans, posters and placards, raised deaf......