Overview
- Opposition parties in the Maha Vikas Aghadi joined Left groups and civil society for coordinated demonstrations across multiple districts on September 10.
- Large gatherings were held at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park and in Pune, where NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule led a protest and demanded the legislation be withdrawn.
- Organisers said peaceful assemblies concluded with memoranda submitted to local authorities, and leaders warned of escalated action during the winter session if the bill stands.
- The measure, passed by both houses in July, empowers the state to declare organisations unlawful, attach assets, and impose two- to seven-year sentences for cognisable, non-bailable offences subject to judicial review.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has defended the proposal as a tool against urban left-wing extremism and said it would not curb the right to protest, with a second protest phase planned for October 2.