State environment minister and Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam was full of optimism and tongue-in-cheek jokes on the eve of the implementation of the plastic ban. One of his jocular barbs was towards Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta. Kadam said they didn't face resistance against the ban because she was one of the people who called to recommend it. "Since it was his [CM's] wife and he listens to her, we knew there might not be much opposition to this initiative," he said.

Kadam was speaking at the National Sports Club of India, Worli during the inauguration of an exhibition organised to provide alternatives to plastic. After the three-month extension on it ended on Friday, the ban is set to come into effect from today. The BMC-initiated exhibition, where about 60-odd companies participated along with 52 self-help groups, was inaugurated by actors Ajay Devgn and Kajol along with Kadam, who had initiated the plastic ban in the state and come out with a law for it. Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray, who had spearheaded the idea behind the curtains, was also present.