On the occasion, Nirupam, seems to be getting isolated amid bitter feud between him and Kamat and others, took a dig at the absentees saying, "If you cannot campaign for the party, at least do not engage in any anti-party campaign".
In its vision document, the Congress has made a range of promises, some of which already announced by Shiv Sena and the NCP.
The manifesto also promises to make Mumbai a garbage-fee city by developing a new dumping ground and introducing measures like collecting the waste in night.
Congress almost imitated the Sena and BJP by promising subsidy in property tax.
Sena had declared waiver of property tax for houses up to 500 square feet whereas BJP had assured subsidy in footpath tax.
On the lines of cities like Delhi and Chennai, Mumbai Congress is planning subsidised food stalls in city.
In a bid to woo the North Indian voters', the party has promised to implement hawkers' policy without any change. The policy is currently lying with a cabinet sub-committee after Sena raised an objection.
He said on the contrary people of Mumbai are witnessing a match-fixing between Shiv Sena and BJP.
"BJP president Amit Shah himself has said that it's a 'friendly match' between them. Even BJP cabinet minister has himself hinted about post-poll alliance between the saffron parties," the city unit Congress chief said.
He accused the Sena-BJP combine, which has been ruling the BMC for 20 years, of "making fortune through corruption in every ward. In last 20 years they have done nothing other than corruption. In every tender they have a share of loot".
They had accused Nirupam's "way of functioning and choice of candidates for the BMC polls."
State Congress in-charge Mohan Prakash, former MPs Milind Deora and Priya Dutt were present at the rally.
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