(From left) Members of the Maharashtra Shikshak Parishad, Dilip Bhatia, B D Gerde, Narendra Pathak, Anil Bornare, Subhash Ambhore hold the black gudi outside the Education Minister's residence

On a day when Mumbaikars competed to see who could get the most colourful decorations up to celebrate Gudi Padwa, Education Minister Vinod Tawde may have been the only person with a black gudi outside his house.