Leaders from the Opposition parties staged a protest against the Maharashtra Government over the drug menace in the State, and alleged that some ministers were shielding drug racketeer Lalit Patil.
Leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), Nationalist Congress Party's Sharad Pawar faction and the Congress, gathered on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan here and raised slogans against the government.
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar, leader of opposition in the council Ambadas Danve, MLC Satej Patil and several other legislators took part in the protest.
