Mumbai, July 8 -- Amid reports of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) being denied permission to hold a protest at Mira Road, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the administration asked them to take an alternate route, to which they did not agree.

Speaking to reporters outside the Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis said, "It would be wrong to say that we did not permit the protest at Mira Road. I have spoken to the commissioner, who told me that the Police did not refuse permission for the protest."

He said that the MNS workers asked permission to protest on a route where it was not possible to approve.

"They had asked for permission for a meeting. We were giving them that permission, but they wanted to hold a protest march o...