Following the five-day-long agitation by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange, which disrupted normal life in south Mumbai, Shiv Sena Member of Parliament (MP) Milind Deora has demanded that protests be prohibited or relocated from the area's "high-security, high-functioning zones", reported news agency PTI.

Deora wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, stating that while the right to protest is an essential democratic freedom, it must be balanced with the rights of ordinary citizens to live and work without disruption.

South Mumbai is not only the heart of the state's governance but also its political and economic nerve centre, the Rajya Sabha lawmaker stated.