The MNS has given a call for a bandh in Thane, a satellite city of Mumbai, on August 22, in protest against the summons issued by the ED to its president Raj Thackeray in connection with the investigations into the alleged irregularities of the IL&FS’s loans and investments. Calling for a Thane bandh on Thursday, MNS’ Thane-Palghar president Avinash Jadhav said: “The case in which that our president has been summoned is more to do with the EVM scam that our president had flagged last month than the ED investigations. The ED is mounting pressure on our president to go slow on his agitation against the EVMs.”
