Despite the Bombay High Court`s order restricting the Maharashtra bandh, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) began silent sit-in protests across the state on Saturday to draw attention to the increasing atrocities against women.

Throughout the day, the Maha Vikas Aghadi will organise silent sit-in protests across cities, districts, towns, and villages in Maharashtra to express public outrage over the series of sexual assaults on women, girls, and even toddlers in nursery schools that have shaken the state`s political landscape.