While Shiv Sena supporters are eager to rename Shivaji Park, the mayor of Mumbai and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation have received a different request altogether. The Shiv Sena corporator of Andheri (W), Sanjay Pawar, has put forward a proposal to convert Kalapradarshini Garden in Andheri into an open art gallery for artists to showcase their work. The garden, maintained by the BMC was inaugurated by Bal Thackeray in 1991 and hence, the corporator has also proposed that the garden be named after Thackeray.

Art for art’s sake? Kalapradarshini garden in Andheri may soon exhibit works of local artists if the proposal to convert it into an open art gallery is passed