Rahul Gandhi in mumbai

Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a local train from suburban Andheri to Dadar in central Mumbai after his plans to visit a slum in Ghatkopar by a helicopter. An SPG protectee, the Congress leader, accompanied by the newly-appointed Indian Youth Congress president Rajeev Satav and party MP Jitendra Singh, disembarked at Dadar, a Shiv Sena stronghold, from where he took another train on way to Ghatkopar, an eastern suburb.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has issued a diktat to his supporters to greet Gandhi with black flags during his Mumbai visit to protest his "Mumbai for all Indians" remark. Scores of Sena supporters were rounded up while staging protests in the city.
According to Mumbai Youth Congress president Sunil Ahire, Gandhi was slated to board a chopper at Vile Parle and land in Vikhroli to avoid any incident, but changed his mind midway.

Rahul, who is on a day-long visit to the city, was accompanied by his security personnel. The city witnessed a curfew-like atmosphere with tight security in the Shiv Sena bastion.
Rahul Gandhi landed at the Santa Cruz Old Airport in Juhu at about 11.20am and drove to the Bhaidas Hall, barely a kilometre away, where he was scheduled to address 1,100 college students and youth. A couple of kilometres from Bhaidas Hall, a group of women activists led by Shiv Sena corporator Rajul Patel attempted to break the security barricades but they were whisked off to the police station and put under detention.

Violating prohibitory orders, Shiv Sainiks had also gathered in large groups in Andheri, Vile Parle, Jogeshwari and Ghatkopar. Waiting to receive him were chief minister Ashok Chavan, Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee office-bearers, local elected representatives and other prominent persons. There were heavy security arrangements that saw traffic being stopped in and around the Juhu-Vile Parle area.

The Mumbai Police efforts were supplemented by commandos of the National Security Guard (NSG), Rapid Action Force and other forces. After his brief visit, lasting just about four hours, Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to go to Pondicherry.