'Mumbai should be open all night for New Year' suggests Aditya Thackeray of Shiv Sena

The chief of Shiv Sena’s youth wing, Aditya Thackeray, has suggested to the Mumbai police and the government that the city should be open for all on the occasion of New Year.

He wrote a letter to the chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, stating that “more space and time will be provided to unwind after hours of work,” and has asked the BJP legislators to allow the shops and other centers to remain open for all night on New Year.

Aditya has claimed that “What is legal during the day, cannot be illegal at night,” and has been demanding a relaxed nightlife for the Mumbai people as it is a tough job to sustain in the city, without refreshing and unwinding yourself.

Aditya Thackeray further said, as reported by the NDTV, “The proposal for Mumbai is awaiting your approval from the Home Dept. for a few months now and is foolproof, I am sure, you will consider both my requests positively.”

Already, in 2013, Aditya had demanded for a 24 hour cafe and restaurants for “some chilling time post work.”

Aditya Thackeray, in an editorial in 2015 has claimed that, “Almost every documentary, every book describes Mumbai with this cliche - 'The City that Never Sleeps.' However, unlike any other city that fits this description, we do sleep. We are put to sleep by stone-age laws.”

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