MUMBAI, 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 BMC, including the proposed renovation of the Mayor's bungalow at Byculla. According to party leaders present at the meeting, Thackeray briefed corporators on the transfer of 16 acres of public land to the Shree Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM), alleging that the move had effectively denied citizens access to spaces that were earlier open to the public. During the meeting, corporators flagged what they claimed were similar instances in their wards....