The city units of the Congress, Sena (UBT) and NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar came out in support of Nikhil Wagle and accused the BJP and allies of indulging in hooliganism after coming to power.
The Nirbhay Bano event, organized by activist Vishwambhar Choudhary, human rights lawyer Asim Sarode among others, had faced threats from the city unit of the BJP over the attendance of journalist Nikhil Wagle.
Dheeraj Ghate, city unit president, held a meeting of all the booth committee heads under Pune Lok Sabha constituency in which instructions were given to galvanise cadre and reach out to each household