Gaurav Sarkar Gaurav. sarkar@ mid- day. com THREE days after the BMC filed a complaint against the Mumbai Bagh protesters accusing them of obstructing road construction work on Morland Road, the two sides have agreed that both u2018 satyagrahau2019 and development can coexist.
A delegation representing the protesters, who have been staging a sit- in on Morland Road against the amended Citizenship Act for over a fortnight now, met BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi on Monday.
Feroze Mithiborwala, one of the members, told mid- day, u201c The concrete road has been ready for a long time now... it is the work on the footpath that needs to be completed.
Both u2014 satyagraha and construction u2014 will take place side by side. As and when they [ BMC] need us [ protesters] to adjust, we will do so.u201d Corporator Kaptan Malik, also a delegation member, said, u201c We gave the commissioner our assurance that while carrying out our agitation we won't cause any hindrance to the construction work." When questioned about the FIR against the protesters, he said, u201c It is against unknown people.u201d MLA Rais Shaikh, who was at the BMC chief's office when the delegation arrived, said the u201c FIR that has been filed is maliciousu201d. BMC Assistant Commissioner Alka Sasane had filed a complaint on February 7.
u2018 Satyagraha and development can coexistu2019 Says delegation after meeting civic boss about FIR in which BMC has accused protesters of obstructing road construction work on Morland Road
