Shiv Sena leaders (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) staged a protest against the increased gas price and were booked by the Vikhroli police for blocking the Eastern Expressway in Mumbai. The UBT leaders, including MLA Sunil Raut and Rashmi Pahudkar, were detained, and an FIR was filed against them under BNS sections 223, 126(2), and 37(1).
According to the police, the political leader held a protest rally without permission. Agitation against gas price hikes by UBT leaders caused a traffic jam on the Eastern Expressway in Vikhroli.
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Meanwhile, the price of piped cooking gas will be higher in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The price of natural gas has been raised by Rs 1 per unit, and the new price of piped gas stands at Rs 49 per unit.
Earlier on Tuesday, Shive Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the BJP-led Union government has increased the LPG cylinder price by Rs 50 at a time when global crude prices have fallen and demanded that the benefit must be passed on to consumers. Talking to the media, he said women leaders of the BJP of their protests over gas cylinder price hikes during the UPA era and invited them to take part in the protests his party will be organising.