India, Aug. 8 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has widened his campaign against the allotment of 16 acres of public land to an educational trust led by BJP MLC Amrish Patel, directing party corporators to monitor open spaces across Mumbai for similar proposals and announcing plans for a protest march on the issue.

Days after writing to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking cancellation of the allotment, Thackeray on Thursday evening convened a meeting of Shiv Sena (UBT) corporators at Shiv Sena Bhavan to discuss what the party described as the larger issue of protecting Mumbai's playgrounds, gardens and public open spaces. The meeting also reviewed what the party termed wasteful expenditure by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Cor...