Deshmukh quits in a cloud, Walse-Patil is new Maha HM(2nd Ld) By IANS | 3 Views 'Letter-bomb' blast: Maha HM Anil Deshmukh resigns after HC ruling. Image Source: IANS News Mumbai, April 5 : Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has resigned from his post, hours after the Bombay High Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the corruption allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh, a top Nationalist Congress Party leader said here on Monday. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has appointed senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, ex-Speaker and Labour Minister Dilip Walse-Patil as the new Home Minister.