Updated On: 16 August, 2018 10:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
The protesters brushed off the small numbers saying they had pulled out the ace in their pack - Jignesh Mevani

Jignesh Mevani near the Shivaji statue. Pic/Bipin Kokate
As the tricolour flew high across the city, and Mumbai woke up to a flurry of creative WhatsApp Independence Day messages, a group of activists and ordinary citizens raised a rallying cry of 'tiranga uthao, BJP Bhagao' on Wednesday afternoon.
They sought to justify the timing of their rally saying, "We are not party poopers, we are patriotic protesters, wanting to awaken the public to the perils of BJP rule," they said, as they gathered at the Shivaji statue at Shivaji Park.