Updated On: 18 December, 2022 09:34 PM IST | Nagpur | PTI
The deputy chief minister said social activist Anna Hazare had been demanding Maharashtra have a law on the lines of Lokpal. When the BJP-Shiv Sena government was in power (from 2014-19), a panel headed by Hazare was formed.

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Maharashtra will have a Lokayukta law on the lines of the Centre's Lokpal legislation which will also bring the chief minister and ministers under its ambit, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference on the eve of the winter session of the state legislature, he said a bill in this regard will be introduced. "The new (to be amended) law is important in terms of bringing "complete transparency" in the state, he said.