The Opposition Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) on March 23 alleged students of a college in Mumbai's Kandivali area were forced to listen to the speech of Dhruv Goyal, the son of Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who is the BJP's Mumbai North Lok Sabha candidate.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray alleged students' IDs were confiscated to force them to attend the event where Goyal junior delivered the speech, while NCP(SP) MLA Awhad uploaded a video on X in which a student can be seen raising an objection.
Thakur College of Science and Commerce, post the controversy, said the event aimed to encourage students, particularly first-time voters, to participate in the upcoming general elections but added "the matter", possibly a reference to students being forced to attend, was "under review".
