Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday assured a delegation of NCP leaders that criminal cases filed against Dalit activists in connection with the violence at Bhima-Koregaon on January 2 and 3, 2018 would be withdrawn as early as possible. The cases are related to the violence in Pune and elsewhere, on the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon on January 1 last year.