Minutes after MNS chief Raj Thackeray appealed to people in the state not to pay toll tax until the state government comes clear on what is done with the collections, the mood at toll nakas in the city transformed radically, each collection spot brimming with political tension.

Toll tale: MNS chief Raj Thackeray at the press meet said that the amount collected at the toll booths and the expenditures made from the kitty don’t match.u00a0Pics/Rane Ashish, Shadab Khan, Sameer Markande