CJP Protest: Javed Akhtar Questions If Shivaji Park Residents Will Also Express Noise Concerns About Political Rallies

Poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar expressed amusement on Friday at the concern of Shivaji Park residents in Mumbai over noise pollution from a proposed protest by the Cockroach Janta Party. He questioned whether these residents would also object to political rallies in the same manner. "I am so happy that some residences of Shivaji park are getting sensitive about the noise pollution and asking the authorities to cancel the protest of CJP today at Shivaji Park," Akhtar quipped on X. "I am hundred percent sure that they will raise the same objection with the same intensity if not more whenever there is any jalsa of any political party of Maharashtra is planned at Shivaji Park."

The Shivaji Park in Dadar regularly hosts annual Dusshera rallies by the Shiv Sena and rallies by the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. However, since 2010, the area has been designated a silence zone by the Bombay High Court, limiting permissible noise to 50 decibels during the day and 40 decibels at night. In anticipation of the CJP jail-bharo protest, Mumbai Police increased security at Shivaji Park, deploying an anti-riot squad, quick response team, and dog squad.