Overview

• Thousands of party workers, led largely by women, held coordinated demonstrations across Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Kolhapur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar with sindoor drives, prayers and some vandalism such as smashing television sets.
• Mumbai Police stepped up deployments and barricaded key locations including Wankhede Stadium and Marine Drive to deter disruptions.
• Sanjay Raut asserted that Jay Shah pushed the Indian team to play Pakistan despite player reluctance and also alleged massive betting linked to BJP figures, claims not independently verified in reporting.
• Raut urged people to publicly identify clubs and restaurants screening the match and warned venues of consequences for telecasting it.
• The Shinde-led Sena and the BJP rebuked Uddhav Thackeray’s camp for politicising the fixture, with leaders accusing UBT of seeking mileage ahead of BMC elections and questioning its consistency on national security.