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Mumbai, February 28
Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod, facing flak from the opposition BJP after being linked to a woman’s death, on Sunday resigned from the state cabinet.
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According to sources, Governor Koshyari, who is the chancellor of universities in the state, has accepted the resignations of Pradip Patil, who was the VC of Jalgaon-based Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, and Vedala Rama Sastry, the VC of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University at Lonere inRaigad district.
The ABVP alleged that they had quit due to political interference by government . The ABVP believes this is due to frequent political overreach which undermined the authority and autonomy of vice chancellors, it said in a statement.
Of late, the education sector has been complaining about increasing government overreach and interference in universities in Maharashtra, the ABVP claimed.
There has been a lot of dirty politics over the issue of the woman s death, Rathod told reporters, adding he has quit the ministry so that the truth can come out.