MUMBAI: Former IAS officer Uttam Khobragade , in the midst of a controversy surrounding his diplomat daughter Devyani in the US, is ready to launch his political career.Khobragade confirmed that he’ll be part of the 2014 general elections , and is in talks with some political parties in Maharashtra to finalise the nitty-gritty of his entry into politics.“My struggle against the injustice meted out to Devyani will continue, but I can also confirm that I’ll be in politics and will be part of the next elections,” Khobragade told ET on Monday.Khobragade, a Dalit and an IAS officer of the 1984 batch, first shot to prominence as the head of Food and Drug Administration in Maharashtra when he took on some multinational pharmaceutical companies. He acted as a member on the highpowered Mashlekar Committee on spurious drugs during his tenure as FDA commissioner in 2003, and took action against many pharma companies.But later in 2004, he got embroiled in controversies when he headed the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority ( MHADA ) over allotment of land. The biggest controversy that sticks to Khobragade is the multi-crore Adarsh scam . His daughter Devayani became a member of the Adarsh society after Mumbai’s BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport) transferred some of its Colaba area f loor space index to Adarsh.Incidentally, he was the head of BEST at that time, and faced sticky questions on that front. But he told Adarsh investigators that the decision to transfer the FSI to Adarsh had technically happened before he took over as General Manager of BEST.After his daughter’s arrest in the US, Khobragade mobilised political support in Maharashtra and Delhi. “The community is behind us. I am getting messages from all over the country. I know the struggle for Devayani will go on,” he said. “A false complaint was filed against my daughter in the US. I know that the Indian government has taken up the issue in a big way and the government must be given some time to sort it out,” he added.Though most Congress leaders in Delhi are throwing their weight behind the Devayani Khobragade issue, the Congress in Maharashtra isn’t too keen to have her father in its ranks.