NCP leader tries to forcibly inaugurate Mumbai flyover

Mumbai unit NCP president Nawab Malik on Sunday tried to forcibly inaugurate the Chunabhatti- BKC flyover in the city alleging that MMRDA officials are deliberately not throwing open the road link to suit the schedule of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The NCP, which won 13 seats more in recently-concluded state assembly elections compared to its 2014 tally, appeared to have taken aggressive stand on public issues.

Earlier in the day, Malik and thousands of NCP workers assembled in Everard Nagar area in Chunabhatti. They were stopped by police ahead of the Priyadarshini bridge located nearby the new flyover.

Malik then climbed an earth-mover brought along by the workers to demolish the temporary prohibitory wall at the newly-built flyover.

Meanwhile, officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) also climbed another earth-mover and requested the NCP leader to withdraw the protest.

"MMRDA officials have assured me that the bridge ..