The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will put on a show of strength by organising grand Diwali celebrations in the Shiv Sena’s bastion—Dadar—on Tuesday morning. The Sena’s ally-turned-rival held similar festivities in Aaditya Thackeray’s Assembly constituency, Worli, from October 19 to 23.

Akshata Tendulkar, a BJP leader from Mahim, is the organiser of Dipotsav, a traditional cultural programme. “For the first time since 2016, we are organising a Diwali programme at an open space, Raja Bade Chowk near Shivaji Park. For the past few years, we had been organising a programme in auditoriums. This year, our Mumbai unit asked us to hold it in an open space,” Tendulkar said.