Leaders and workers from the Congress, Maha Vikas Aghadi, Left parties, and the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi staged a protest near the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Shivaji Park in Dadar on Tuesday. (PICS/ SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI)

Former Maharashtra Minister and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) leader Vinayakrao Patil has quit the party and joined the ruling Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Pics/Eknath Shinde's office