KOLHAPUR, MARCH 16: Social worker Anna Hazare yesterday declared that he would release a booklet on the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government's apathy towards the corruption charges against former minister Shashikant Sutar, at Hutatma Chowk in Mumbai where he would begin a renewed phase of his mass movement against corruption.Sutar who was stripped off the agriculture and water conservation portfolios after being targeted by the social worker-turned-anti-graft-crusader, was let off without any action, even though a few senior officials deposed against him, Hazare said.
Hazare also said he would concentrate on alleged irregularities in the Sahara India company's housing project and the irregular disbursement of Rs 32.66 to rain-affected farmers, Hazare said.
On one of his close aides, Avinash Dharmadhikari, contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Pune, Hazare said the former bureaucrat did it in a hurry. He should have created a strong social base for himself before taking such a step, Hazare said.
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