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Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visits Mumbai on Friday, 5th ebruary 2010 against the backdrop of the raging ‘Mumbai for Marathis’ controversy.

Today Rahul Gandhi is all set to visit Mumbai, and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray ordered party cadres to greet Rahul Gandhi with black flags to mark their protests when he visits Mumbai tomorrow after the unfazed Congress leader stuck to his schedule.

Gearing up for the Congress leader’s visit, authorities have tightened security at venues during his interactions with youths and slum dwellers even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan warned of strict action if anyone takes law into their hands.

Section 144 has been imposed on the routes that the Congress General Secretary will travel on. Reports suggest some Shiv Sainiks have been taken in preventive detention.

“We have taken all precautions to ensure that the programmes of Rahul Gandhi pass off peacefully. Adequate number of policemen have been deployed at these places,” City Police Commissioner D Sivanandhan said.