Don's kin to support BJP

Jailed underworld don Arun Gawli’s daughter will support the BJP in the mayoral polls of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

A third-time corporator, Geeta Gawli (34) is the president of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena. Arun, who is currently lodged in the Nagpur central prison and serving life imprisonment in a murder case, has been a one-term MLA in Maharashtra.

On Thursday, Geeta met senior Shiv Sena leaders Eknath Shinde and Anil Desai and BJP leaders, including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

During the separate meetings, Geeta put up two demands — one-term chairmanship of the health committee and membership to the standing committee. Though BJP leaders have not yet commented officially, it is learnt that she would be supporting the party.