Vasai MLA stages a hunger strike The protest against the proposed induction of 53 villages into newly formed Vasai Virar Municipal Corp...
The protest against the proposed induction of 53 villages into newly formed Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) by MLA Vivek Pandit and his supporters continued on Thursday. Vivek Pandit and his followers shaved their heads and continued their indefinite hunger strike in front of tahsildar office.
53 villages from Vasai and Virar area are protesting against the induction in VVMC. Shramajivi Sanghatan's chief Vivek Pandit and Gaon Bachao Aandolan Samiti went on an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday. The villagers have stopped the functioning of Tahsildar office demanding immediate exclusion of their villages from VVMC. Heavy police security has been deployed across Vasai and Virar. "The law and order situation is under control," said Madhukar Pandey, SP of Thane rural police. Source Marathi source
