Shivaji Park residents have deferred their plans to hold an awareness campaign for the problems of red soil pollution at Shivaji Park playground on Saturday, January 10 ahead of the BMC election 2026. The residents cited that the Mumbai police denied them permission to hold the gathering
Shivaji Park residents delayed the plans of staging awareness program ahead of BMC election 2026
The residents of Shivaji Park have deferred their plans to hold an awareness campaign for the problems of red soil pollution at Shivaji Park playground on Saturday, January 10.
The residents cited that the Mumbai police denied them permission to hold the gathering, attributing it to violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) which is in place due to upcoming civic polls.
While flyers, posters and invites were prepared for the campaign, the residents have deferred it by one week.
At midday, we tried to reach officials from the Shivaji Park police station on Friday, who remained unavailable for comment or a confirmation about this issue.
The Model Code of Conduct is a set of rules to regulate the behaviour of political parties and candidates during elections. It aims to ensure free and fair elections by maintaining a level playing field and preventing the misuse of government machinery for political campaigning. It also imposes some restrictions pertaining to political demonstrations.
The residents of Shivaji Park, via its registered ALM named Shivaji Park ALM, had decided to conduct a signature campaign on Saturday between 5 pm and 7 pm at the Shivaji Park playground. However, after denial of police permission to the residents, the campaign has been moved to January 18, after the elections.
Vaibhav Rege, secretary of the ALM, told mid-day, "We were going to conduct a peaceful gathering of residents before the elections to raise awareness about the issue of pollution from the red soil at Shivaji Park. The police told us that cases would be lodged against us if we gathered at Shivaji Park and denied us permission."
Rege pointed out that the residents were of the consensus that the ALM should still go ahead with an awareness campaign for the citizens, as it is a non-political initiative. However, he said, "It has been deferred, as we were subjected to insensitive comments from authorities. One of which was 'Will your people die if you do not create awareness over this weekend?'"
Shivaji Park is scheduled to see a rally on 11th January from the MNS and Shiv Sena.
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