Mumbai's anti-mask movement led by group Awaken India found greater support on Tuesday as social worker Rebel Shraddha Nand Pati joined the group to address a gathering at the Worli Sports Club.

Over the past week, Awaken India, whose core mission is to make people "aware of the wrongdoings of Corona", which it believes to be "not deadly" and a "fake consequence of the common flu," had held discussions with Pati's Rebel Foundation about the "mission to protect people against bad governance." This prompted Pati to come down to Mumbai to "create awareness about the programme" designed by the Awaken India team. At the gathering, the Rebel Foundation also announced that it was going to launch a national protest from Delhi, along with Awaken India, within the next seven days.