Stressing that industries in Maharashtra should try to give at least eighty per cent of its jobs to youths in the state, Rane said that such demands for 'sons of the soil' should be made through democratic means and not by resorting to violence.
Rane was speaking at a function in Thane on Friday after inaugurating the Malwani Jatrotsav, an annual festival held across Mumbai and Thane.
He said that the annual festival, held for a period of three-months, is not only a means of entertainment but also provides good opportunity to entrepreneurs from Malwan and Konkan, who exhibit and sell their products here.