Damania meets Hazare on Khadse issue, seeks intervention

Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Anjali Damania today met social activist Anna Hazare and sought his intervention to seek action against Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse, who is embroiled in a series of controversies.
Damania will also begin a fast here from tomorrow to seek a fast-track court to deal with charges against Khadse.
Hazare, during the meeting at his village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district, told her that he will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and speak to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the Khadse issue, she said.
"Anna lauded my campaign against Khadse. He said he will speak to the (Maharashtra) Chief Minister and write to the Prime Minister on the Khadse issue," Damania told PTI.

The former AAP leader said she, along with a few like-minded activists, will fast outside the Chief Minister's bungalow in south Mumbai from tomorrow.
"Even if Khadse resigns tonight, I will still go ahead with my fast, to seek a fast-track court to deal with charges against Khadse and expect that the process be completed in six months," she said.

"I won't give up my fast till the Chief Minister gives me a written assurance that the probe against Khadse will be completed in six months," Damania said.
Meanwhile, supporters of Khadse burnt effigies of Damania and AAP spokesperson Preeti Sharma Menon in Jalgaon district, condemning them for launching a "tirade" against their leader.

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Sachin Sawant today said Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao should sack Khadse by using powers vested in him by the Constitution.
Khadse, a senior BJP minister, has for the last few days stayed away from media after allegations of impropriety in purchase of MIDC plot in Pune and alleged calls from fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim's residence to his mobile triggered a political storm in the state.