Mumbai, Sept. 9 -- Civil society groups across the state will stage a protest against the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024 on Wednesday. In Mumbai, the protest will be held at the Shivaji Park in Dadar at 4 pm. Social activist Ulka Mahajan said that the Jansuraksha Kayda Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti, a common banner under which various groups have joined the protest, held a meeting on September 5. Mahajan said that among the participants were representatives of the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar), the Communist Party of India (Marxist), with the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) expressing its support. Similar protests are scheduled to be held across 32 venues in various districts of the state. A protest march will also be held in Yavatmal from September 12 to September 17. "(Protests in) Many more locations are being planned," Mahajan said. htc...