 "Anna supports jail term for Sena LS candidate Gholap")
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare expressed his satisfaction here today after a Mumbai-based Anti-Corruption Bureau special court sentenced former Maharashtra minister Babanrao Gholap to three years' imprisonment.
Incidentally, Gholap was recently declared as the Shiv Sena's candidate from the Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency, despite Hazare's appeal to Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray.
Presently an MLA from a constituency in Nashik, Gholap was social welfare minister in the BJP-Shiv Sena led Maharashtra government in 1995 and had resigned in 1999 due to allegations of corruption.
"This judgement proves that most political parties still strongly shelter corrupt and criminal elements for selfish motives," Hazare told PTI here today.
Congratulating Milind Yawatkar, who had petitioned the court against Gholap, Hazare said that Yawatkar is a loyal follower of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.
Hazare said that Pawar has made Padamsinh Patil who was in prison for corruption and criminal acts, the NCP's candidate from Osmanabad, adding that Pawar must learn from his loyalist Yawatkar and change the NCP's candidate from Osmanabad.
He appealed to the people to vote for right candidates and not political parties, in order to save democracy.
Incidentally, Gholap was recently declared as the Shiv Sena's candidate from the Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency, despite Hazare's appeal to Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray.
Presently an MLA from a constituency in Nashik, Gholap was social welfare minister in the BJP-Shiv Sena led Maharashtra government in 1995 and had resigned in 1999 due to allegations of corruption.
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He was accused of being involved in siphoning off Rs 4.5 crore from three state-run corporations into the bankrupt Awami Mercantile Bank, for which he allegedly received kickbacks.
"This judgement proves that most political parties still strongly shelter corrupt and criminal elements for selfish motives," Hazare told PTI here today.
Congratulating Milind Yawatkar, who had petitioned the court against Gholap, Hazare said that Yawatkar is a loyal follower of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.
Hazare said that Pawar has made Padamsinh Patil who was in prison for corruption and criminal acts, the NCP's candidate from Osmanabad, adding that Pawar must learn from his loyalist Yawatkar and change the NCP's candidate from Osmanabad.
He appealed to the people to vote for right candidates and not political parties, in order to save democracy.