According to their lawyer, the parents of the students were allegedly stopped by the police in Bhandup on Friday afternoon while they were on their way to IIT Bombay in Powai to begin a hunger strike

Raj Thackeray referred to a report stating that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded written objections on at least 14 occasions over 10 months against decisions taken by the poll panel