Even non-Marathi Expressway users wholeheartedly supported the MNS stand on making highways toll-free, forgiving the party its previous agitations against non-Maharashtrians.u00a0Though toll collection on the Expressway resumed after MNS workers had left the two toll plazas on the high-speed road by evening, those who used the Expressway in the three hours when the MNS agitation was in full swing were full of praise for Thackeray.

“I used to often wonder that why toll collection was going on for so many years,” Deepak Shah, a businessman on his way to Mumbai, said. “I welcome this initiative by the MNS. It has highlighted the unnecessary toll collection and though I am not a Marathi manoos, I strongly support the MNS for launching this drive.”