MNS writes to SBI demanding priority to locals in jobs

Raj Thackeray-led MNS has asked SBI to give priority to locals for jobs.

By PTI | Nov 14, 2009, 04.48 PM IST

MUMBAI: Continuing its agitation for the 'sons of the soil' cause, Raj Thackeray-led MNS has written a letter to State Bank of India (SBI) to give priority to locals while recruiting.

"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 said.

SBI is holding an entrance exam on Sunday in the city and the administration has assured the MNS to speak to the authorities in Delhi regarding their demand, he claimed.

"About 1.5 lakh applications were received by SBI and 70 per cent are outsiders. The posts are local and Marathi people should get priority for that," Parkar said.

MNS had raised a similar demand during the Railway Board exams last year, which took a violent turn after the party activists attacked 17 examination centres in suburban Mumbai, and chased away candidates from north India.

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