MNS supporters gather to march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan in Mumbai, to protest the violence that took place in the Maidan on August 11. (PTI photo)
Two people died and dozens were injured in the Maiden clashes in Mumbai between police and thousands of Muslims who were protesting the deaths of Muslims in rioting last month in the country's northeast. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Police men keep a vigil during MNS supporters' march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan in Mumbai. (Shirish Shete/PTI)
MNS chief Raj Thackeray addressing his supporters after their march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan in Mumbai. (PTI photo)
Activists and supporters of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, shout slogans at the ass rally in Mumbai. (AP photo)
MNS supporters march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan in Mumbai. (PTI photo)
Claiming that the rally and public meeting were intended to encourage the demoralised police force in the wake of riots at Azad Maidan, Raj's opening lines set the tempo of his short speech. (AP photo)
Activists and supporters of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, cheer for a speaker at the mass rally in Mumbai. (AP photo)
Police constable Pramod Tawade offers a rose to MNS chief Raj Thackeray after the party supporters' march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan in Mumbai. (PTI photo)
With the crowd crossing the 50,000 mark at Girgaum, the senior police officials informed the Home Ministry of their inability to prevent the crowd from proceeding towards Azad Maidan. (AP photo)
