The Supreme Court's verdict in the petition against the arrests of five activists accused of having links with Maoists has vindicated the Maharashtra government's stand, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday.

He said the people and parties who supported 'urban naxals' should now stop joining hands with those accused of hatching a conspiracy to destabilise the country and assassinate the prime minister. "And, if the parties continue their support to the anti-nationals [to Maoists and their supporters] then their masks will come off soon," he said, adding that the observations made by the court had given a credence to the existence of the term 'urban naxals.'