Mumbai, Oct. 9 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday criticised restrictions on protests in Delhi while accusing the government of imposing an "emergency without the guts to call it so" ahead of the proposed October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar.

In a post on X, Thackeray was responding to a statement by Delhi Police DCP Shrishti Pandey regarding the proposed CJP protest on October 10 and criticised the restrictions on gatherings.

He said, "Imposing Emergency without the guts to call it so. What a shame! The world is watching India's democracy be reclaimed by the citizens, from the grips of autocratic regime that fears real democracy!"

Meanwhile, DCP Shrishti Pandey said that Section 163 was in effect and that protests...