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Maharashtra toll politics: After MNS, NCP raises voice against toll collection

The NCP told the Maharashtra CM that toll collection be completely stopped on two-lane highways and bridges.

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Even as the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) prepared to organise a road blockade agitation to protest against toll collection, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) demanded on Tuesday that toll collection be completely stopped on two-lane highways and bridges.

In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, state NCP president Bhaskar Jadhav said that more and more two-lane highways and bridges are the need of the hour for better connectivity in rural areas.

“Levying toll at such places will burden the rural population and it should be completely stopped,” Jadhav demanded, urging the people not to support Raj Thackeray’s road blockade agitation.

“Youth should refrain from falling into the MNS trap of violence and damage to public property. If the MNS has issues with toll contractors and owners about the number of VIP vehicles, party leaders should discuss with them and not hold the state to ransom,” he said.

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