The Mahayuti government in Maharashtra made a huge tactical blunder by permitting the seventh pass Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange Patil (43) to stage a protest at Azad Maidan on Friday because of which all hell broke loose in Mumbai badly inconveniencing millions of Mumbaikars on a rainy day.

The government well knew that street congestion in the metropolis would peak during the ongoing Ganesh festival and if thousands of people from the interiors of the state pour in that too when there are heavy rains, there will be massive chaos. And that is exactly what happened on Friday. It is learnt that the city police, already under severe strain because of the festivities, had advised the government to refuse permission, but the home department helmed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis went on the backfoot and ordered that permission be granted. His government had unanimously passed the Socially and........

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