Maharashtra [ Images ] Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh [ Images ] on Thursday said his government will continue with the slums demolition drive in Mumbai [ Images ].

"Those slums on public land will be demolished...it's a high court directive," he said after meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi [ Images ] to discuss the issue.
 
Over 90,000 slums occupying land belonging to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the state government and the Airports Authority of India [ Images ] have been demolished in the metropolis in the past couple of months.

The drive has meet with stiff opposition from the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party legislators.

Several Maharashtra MLAs and members of Parliament, including Bollywood star Govinda [ Images ], have met Sonia and registered their opposition to the drive.

All India Congress Committee general secretary and in-charge of Maharashtra, Margaret Alva, had on Wednesday met with top state Congress leaders led by Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief Gurudas Kamat [ Images ].

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