Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said the state government must ban public rallies of political leaders trying to stoke communal tension.
His demand came a day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said he would be holding a rally on May 1.

Incidentally, at his Gudi Padwa rally on April 2, Thackeray had threatened to counter azaan from loudspeakers atop mosques with Hanuman Chalisa and has also demanded that these loudspeakers be removed by May 3.