Supporters of Raj Thackeray of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena beat up outstation candidates on Sunday, who had come to Mumbai for the Railway recruitment board exam at a railway station in Thane. A few years ago Raj Thackeray led a similar drive against north Indians taking these railway exams, which brought him to prominence in Maharashtra. That time Raj Thackeray was with Shiv Sena.