Mumbai, Nov 21: Asserting the need for providing jobs to sons-of-the-soil, Shiv Sena, a key constituent of the NDA, today threatened that it would not allow Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) to conduct its exams on November 23 in Maharashtra. "Come what may, we will not allow RRB exams on Sunday and do whatever to achieve our objective," Sena supremo Bal Thackeray said in the party mouth-piece `Saamna' here. In a hard-hitting statement, Thackeray said the Congress-led DF government in Maharashtra resorted to "brutal" Lathi-charge on Shiv Sainiks, who fought for just rights of the local population, when the RRB office was ransacked recently. Chiding the DF for taking a stance that it would provide security for RRB exams, Thackeray said, "We will not allow to hold this exams. If Maharashtrians are shedding blood for a just cause, then it will cost dearly to the DF government."
Thackeray's ultimatum assumes significance in view of activists of Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS), party's Students' Wing, ransacking the RRB office recently for neglecting Maharashtrian youths in providing jobs while giving "preference" to north Indian candidates.

Also, the Sena's threat comes at a time when violence has erupted in Assam over a similar issue.

A delegation of Sena leaders would soon call on Railway Minister Nitish Kumar in this connection, the Sena chief said.


Bureau Report