The Nashik police on Tuesday arrested 10 key Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leaders for starting a drive to fill up vacancies created due to the mass exodus of north Indian workers with Marathi youths.
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MNS general secretary from Nashik Vasant Gite said, "Thousands of north Indians had fled Nashik due to our agitation and industries in and around Nashik had closed down. The businessmen held a meeting with us and wanted the issue resolved."
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"We gave advertisements in the local newspapers and said that Marathi youths should come forward. There was a huge response and nearly 14,000 Marathi youths came forward. But the police slapped cases on us and arrested us," Gite said.
Nashik is an MNS stronghold and Raj Thackeray had adopted it while he was in the Shiv Sena.
Nashik police chief S M Sayad said, "By giving such advertisements, the MNS leaders promoted hatred in society. We arrested them and produced them in court. They were later released on bail."
