Amid a heated political environment in the state, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Sharad Pawar’s close aide Dilip Walse Patil on Monday, 5 April replaced Anil Deshmukh as the Home Minister of Maharashtra.
Uddhav Thackeray no longer has moral responsibility to govern, says BJP ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 18:07 IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Hours after Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh submitted his resignation on moral grounds , Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has lost the moral responsibility to govern. I find it interesting that Anil Deshmukh has taken moral responsibility. Deshmukh in his letter said that he is giving his resignation on moral grounds. How about the responsibility of CM? Where is your morality? Uddhav Thackeray has forfeited the moral responsibility to govern, Prasad said.
Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh resigns after Bombay HC orders CBI probe
In a big setback to the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, the Bombay HC today asked the CBI to start a preliminary inquiry in 15 days into corruption allegations by former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh against Deshmukh
BusinessToday.In | April 5, 2021 | Updated 15:47 IST
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh (left) and ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray after the Bombay high court asked the CBI to file an FIR in an extortion case on Monday. Deshmukh met Chief Minister Uddhav Thakeray to tender his resignation, NCP chief Nawab Malik told news agency
Maharashtra: Anil Deshmukh quits, Maha Vikas Aghadi govt survives
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Mumbai: Hours after the Bombay High Court ordered a preliminary probe by the CBI into corruption charges against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday, he submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Deshmukh met NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who also advised him to step down in the wake of the court order. Late on Monday, Governor BS Koshyari on accepted Deshmukhâs resignation.
âI do not have the moral right to continue in office after the court order. I have decided to quit. Kindly relieve me from my post,â his resignation letter said.
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