It was in November last year that Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray had gone public with his decision to support to the Save Aarey Campaign by tweeting, "Of course, we have to be united. This is our city and our future. Thank you. Always together for Aarey." But now, his party has been left red-faced after a letter from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Bureau(MPCB) giving its consent for setting up a car depot workshop at Aarey, has gone viral.

The letter is significant because it is backed by the State Environment Department headed by Shiv Sena leader and Minister Ramdas Kadam. The construction of car depot in the green zone of Aarey Milk Colony requires more than 3,000 trees to be cut.