Maharashtra's Mumbai police on Saturday registered 17 new FIRs against Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers. The police have filed a case for allegedly violating COVID-19 protocols during the Jan Ashirwad Yatra.

The Jan Ashirwad Yatra of Union Minister Narayan Rane was conducted in different parts of Mumbai. The Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray today filed 17 new FIRs against BJP's rally in Mumbai for flouting COVID-19 norms. A day prior, 19 FIRs were registered against the BJP leaders and workers in different police stations of Mumbai. Now, the fresh FIRs have been registered in Mulund, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Pant Nagar, Khar, Santacruz, Powai, MIDC, Saki Naka, Meghwadi, Goregaon, Charkop, Borivali, and MHB police stations. Rane on Thursday began his Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Mumbai despite the restrictions from the Mumbai Police. Many opposition leaders objected to the rally concerning the estimated third wave of infection may attack the state anytime. 

Earlier on Friday, Congress leaders Ashok Chavan and Bhai Jagtap had slammed BJP for disregarding the pandemic situation. Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde had also refuted BJP’s claims of the Maharashtra government targeting their party and asserted that COVID-19 guidelines must be followed by all the people irrespective of their political background.

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