Anna hits Mumbai, anti-graft meetings tomorrow
April 25, 2012  17:31
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Social activist Anna Hazare will meet top Maharashtra leaders here tomorrow in a bid to garner support for a strong Lokayukta legislation in the state. Hazare is slated to meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar tomorrow morning.

He is also expected to meet Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. "Anna's two-day schedule in Mumbai is packed with meetings on Lokayukta issue with those who matter in state politics," Hazare's aide Datta Awari said. 

The Gandhian will also meet Home Minister R R Patil and the leader of opposition in Legislative Council Vinod Tawde, Awari said. The anti-graft crusader, who arrived in Mumbai this evening, is scheduled to meet Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale later today at the latter's residence in suburban Bandra.

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