PTI, RALEGAN SIDDHI (MAHA): Social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday called off his fast after a marathon meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and two Union ministers here.
Hazare, 81, had started his indefinite fast on January 30 over appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs.
After marathon talks with Fadnavis and the ministers, which stretched to over five hours, Hazare announced that he is ‘satisfied’ with the outcome of the discussions.
Hazare held talks with Fadnavis, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, Union minister of state for defence Subhash Bhamre and state water resources minister Girish Mahajan.
“Offering autonomous stature to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) at state and centre level, tabling of Lokayukta bill in the next assembly session of Maharashtra and abiding the SC timeframe through a joint committee for Lokpal were the three demands for which I had started my agitation. I am satisfied with the assurances given to me by the government now and so am calling off my fast,” Hazare told reporters Tuesday evening.
Hazare’s close aide Sonpal Shastri will be one of the members of a committee which will be formed under the chairmanship of Radha Mohan Singh. It will complete its report by October this year for offering autonomous status to CACP, Fadnavis said.
