About 2,500 police personnel will be on the streets to ensure that no untoward incident takes place Pic/Shadab Khan

Uddhav Thackeray along with senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar and other MVA leaders joined the protest against the Shinde-led government Pic/Bipin Kokate

While granting permission, the police also asked leaders of all political parties not to make provocative speeches during the march or use posters, placards or banners that may hurt the sentiments of any person Pic/Shadab Khan

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, former Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole and other political leaders were witnessed on one platform on Saturday afternoon. Pic/ Atul Kamble

The MVA leaders were seen togeather on a stage in south Mumbai. Pic/Atul Kamble

To counter the MVA's march, the BJP is also holding 'Maafi Mango' protests across Mumbai Pic/Bipin Kokate

The MVA allies - Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress took out the protest march against the 'injustice' meted out to Maharashtra, 'insults' of the state's icons like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, and 'atrocities' against Marathi-speakers in border areas of Karnataka as well as industrial projects being taken out of the state, according to MVA leaders Pic/Shadab Khan

The protest began from a company near JJ Hospital at Byculla and will conclude at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station Pic/Bipin Kokate