Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Anjali Damania ends hunger strike

Mumbai: Former Aam Aadmi Party leader and social activist Anjali Damania, who went on a hunger strike demanding probe into corruption charges against Eknath Khadse, ended her fast on Saturday last.

“Damania ended her strike after she received a text from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on her cell-phone, reassuring about an appropriate inquiry,” said one of the former AAP leader’s close associates Roshni Raut.

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Highlights:

• Damania was informed that soon, a committee would be formed to speed up the probe.
• She sat on a hunger strike on June 2 at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
• She was demanding Khadse’s ouster from the Maharashtra cabinet and a probe into corruption charges against the former Revenue Minister in a Pune land deal.
• Khadse resigned from his post on Saturday.