Summary:
Kolhapur, Apr 9 (PTI) Condemning the protest held by a group of MSRTC workers outside NCP chief Sharad Pawar"s residence in Mumbai, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said it was a "big failure" of the police department and intelligence agencies, which he said should be investigated.
The former Maharashtra chief minister asserted he had said in the past that the issues of the striking Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) workers need to be put forth at an appropriate forum and the state government should respond to their demands.
A group over 100 striking workers of the MSRTC on Friday afternoon held a sudden and fierce protest outside "Silver Oak", Pawar"s two-storey bungalow on Pedder Road in south Mumbai.
Caught unawares, the police struggled to rein in the aggressive protesters, including women, who raised slogans against the NCP supremo, with some of them even seen hurling their footwear towards his house.
They alleged that Pawar has not done anything to resolve the issues raised by them.
"...One important issue arises (after the protest) that the entire media knew about the movement of the protesters.