Mumbai, November 15: After putting the Indian democracy to shame in the Maharashtra Assembly, Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has racked up the Marathi issue again.
The pro-Marathi party has now written to the general manager of nation’s largest public sector bank, the State Bank of India (SBI) threatening him not to allow non-Marathis to sit for job openings in the bank’s Maharashtra branches.
“We have written a letter to SBI administration demanding consideration of locals on priority for 1100 clerical posts announced by them,” MNS general secretary Shirish Parkar told reporters.
SBI is holding an entrance exam tomorrow in the city and the administration has assured the MNS to speak to the authorities in Delhi regarding their demand.
“About 1.5 lakh applications were received by SBI and 70 percent are outsiders. The posts are local and Marathi people should get priority for that,” Parkar said.
MNS has in the past also created ruckus at several examination centres by beating up non-Marathi applicants. The party had earlier demanded reservations for Marathis in all the jobs in Maharashtra.
Related StoriesIn the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly Elections the Raj Thackeray-led party won 13 seats. Four of party MLAs were soon suspended from the House after they opposed Samajwadi Party’s Abu Azmi’s decision to take oath in Hindi language against their wish. The altercation later saw MNS MLAs beating Azmi in the Assembly making a mockery of Indian democracy.
-Agencies