Wednesday turned out to be a day of memorial politics for the heads of the government, ahead of the upcoming local body polls, including election to the Mumbai’s municipal corporation. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis visited various memorials in the city, including the under-construction memorial to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar at Indu Mill and the makeshift memorial to the late Balasaheb Thackeray at Shivaji Park, in Dadar.

“The work is 50 per cent complete and we plan to open the first phase of it for public before March 2023,” said Shinde, after reviewing the progress of Dr Ambedkar memorial. Later in the day, they attended a public programme at Savarkar memorial. Shinde also visited Dr Ambedkar’s residence in Hindu Colony, which is now a museum. Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar hosted the chief minister at his residential quarters on the upper floor.