In a show of strength in the city for the April 24 elections, the Shiv Sena-BJP and Congress-NCP combine are leaving no stone unturned to draw huge crowd at their rallies. A whopping amount of money is being spent to organise rallies, which would be addressed by stalwarts of the respective parties.

For the April 20 rally organised by the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC), which will be addressed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and other leaders from the state, the party has spent over R30 lakh for the event at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex.