Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti is a

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a Right-wing politics, right-wing to Far-right politics, far-right Marathi people, Marathi Regionalism (politics), regionalist and Hindu nationalism, Hindu ultranationalist political party in India f ...

affiliated organisation for the preservation of rights of employment for

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s in the

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n state of Maharashtra. The name of the organisation approximately translates to "Association for the Rights of Local Citizens". According to Patel, the ''Samiti'' was a front for the Shiv Sena to "ensure jobs for its youth in the government and banking sectors as well as... engineering and pharmaceutical units in the Thane - Belapur region"

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