A day after a group of striking employees of the MSRTC staged a fierce protest outside NCP supremo Sharad Pawar's residence, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said the police department failed to get timely information about the agitation. He also said that the police were trying to find out who provoked the transport corporation workers.

Over 100 workers of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) had staged the protest outside 'Silver Oak', Pawar's bungalow on Pedder Road in south Mumbai on Friday afternoon, catching the police unawares. Hours later, the police arrested 103 persons, including advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte, who claims to represent the striking employees of the transport corporation. Employees of the state transport body, which has over 90,000 persons on its payrolls, have been on strike since November 2021.