India, Aug. 2 -- In an apparent damage-control step, Shiv Sena minister Yogesh Kadam's family has surrendered the licence of the Kandivali bar that was allegedly being operated as a dance bar illegally.

The development comes against the backdrop of growing calls from the Opposition demanding the junior home minister's resignation after the matter was brought to light by Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab in the legislative assembly last month.

"Yes, we have returned the licence for the orchestra bar [to the police], but this happened long back," Ramdas Kadam told HT on Friday. Yogesh Kadam did not respond to calls.

Parab had alleged that the Savali Bar in Kandivali, whose licence is in the name of Yogesh Kadam's mother Jyoti, had been ille...