Overview

• Uddhav Thackeray will address the Shiv Sena (UBT) rally at Shivaji Park, while Eknath Shinde moved his event from waterlogged Azad Maidan to the NESCO Centre in Goregaon.
• Mumbai Police deployed roughly 16,500 constables and about 2,900 officers, along with special units, for crowd control and Durga immersion processions on October 2.
• Shinde asked party workers from Vidarbha, Marathwada and North Maharashtra to skip Mumbai and assist farmers, saying a damage panchnama would be completed in two to three days.
• Uddhav Thackeray’s camp signaled an invitation to MNS chief Raj Thackeray to share the Shivaji Park stage, though an MNS leader publicly cast doubt on his attendance.
• Both sides are treating the rallies as launchpads for local body and BMC elections, with Uddhav attacking the state government over farmer relief and demanding loan waivers.