India, April 23 -- A day after a woman, stuck for over an hour in a traffic snarl while on her way to pick up her child from school, lambasted BJP minister Prasad Lad Mahajan during the 'Jan Akrosh Morcha' in Worli, Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Wednesday expressed regret over the inconvenience caused to citizens, even as she defended the protest as a necessary fight for women's rights.

The women-led march, organised by the BJP's women's wing on Tuesday, triggered major traffic disruptions during peak hours, leaving several commuters stranded across key routes in south Mumbai.

Among them was the woman whose video went viral after she confronted those leading the procession, having been stuck for hours in a long queue of vehicles while on h...