Senate members from the Yuva Sena (affiliated to Shiv Sena-UBT) and the Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union (BUCTU) disrupted Mumbai University’s Budget Session for nearly half an hour. Before staging a sit-in protest in the well of the house at the university’s Fort campus, the group conducted a symbolic walkout.

Amid the ruckus, sloganeering, heavy security, and high-pitched drama, the Mumbai University administration presented a budget outlay of Rs 968.17 crore for the financial year 2025–26, marking a 9.52 per cent increase from the Rs 884 crore allocated in 2024–25. Despite protests by Yuva Sena and BUCTU senate members, the budget was passed by a majority vote.