After SoBo residents, political parties in the BMC are at odds over the recently-implemented parking policy, under which fines ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 23,000 are being levied on illegally parked vehicles. While the Shiv Sena says the fine amount was approved after a meeting with group leaders of all parties, the opposition claims the decision was taken without discussing it with the general body, which includes all the corporators. Sena's ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the decision was taken in haste.

With the ever-increasing parking and traffic menace in the city, BMC had planned on introducing a new policy against illegal parking, which the civic body began implementing from Sunday. On July 8, mid-day reported in, 'SoBo residents protest BMC's new 'fine' tuned no parking charges,' about how locals were not taking kindly to the hefty fines under it.