In a letter to Munde, AIMC secretary general Haroon Mozawala expressed concern at the Bajrang Dal's intention to float `flying squads' in the city to ensure that no blood was shed on Mahavir Jayanti, declared by the Union government as an Ahimsa Divas (Non-violence day).

``Id-ul-Azha and Mahavir Jayanti coincided last year also, and were celebrated in the right spirit without any untoward incident. We hope that you will not allow mischief-mongers to succeed this year,'' states the letter.

Referring to the Bajrang Dal's posturing on sensitive issues like cow slaughter and a ban on the use of loudspeakers in mosques at its convention on Sunday, Mozawala said speeches ``tend to be provocative'', especially when they are made in the presence of some 40,000 BajrangDal workers.