Mumbai, Oct. 3 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said opposition parties were preparing for a major joint march in Mumbai against the Election Commission of India, saying that discussions had taken place between Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray over the route of the proposed protest.

Raut said the route of the march had been changed from the one decided earlier after it was found to be inconvenient. He said the Shetkari Kamgar Paksha (Peasants and Workers Party), Nationalist Congress Party, Congress, and Left parties had extended their support to the protest.

"Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray have discussed it. We saw the agitation at Shivaji Park yesterday...