Mns to pay for damages to multiplexes: ashok chavan
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Deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal said the government already have a policy for the multiplexes for compulsory screening of Marathi movies. Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan today
said to take compensation from MNS activists who had gone on rampage in various multiplexes in the city last week demanding prime time slot for Marathi movies. "No one would be allowed
to take law in hands and the MNS activists have to pay for any damages to the property during the agitation," Chavan told reporters in Mumbai. The MNS activists pelted the multiplexes
with stones in protest for not screening Marathi movies last week after the party chief Raj Thackeray warned the multiplexes on the issue. Deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal said the
government already have a policy for the multiplexes for compulsory screening of Marathi movies. The concessions to the multiplexes were given on that basis, he added. The department
concerned would check if it is implemented. Even the owners of the multiplexes can approach to the government for any problem over screening the movies, Bhujbal said.