 In the "Lok Sabha" discussions on 15 November 1955, S. K. Patil a pro Gujarati lobby Political Leader, a Congress Member of Parliament (MP) from Bombay, demanded that the city be constituted as an autonomous city-state, laying stress on his Anti Marathi character.On 20 November 1955, the Bombay Pradesh Congress Committee organized a public meeting at the Chowpatty beach in Bombay, where S. K. Patil and Morarji Desai, the then Chief Minister of Bombay State, made provocative statements on Bombay.Patil said that, "Maharashtra will not get Bombay for the next 5,000 years."