Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection Minister of Maharashtra Dhananjay Munde has tendered his resignation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Talking to reporters at Vidhan Bhavan, Mr Fadnavis informed that he has accepted Mr Munde’s resignation and has sent it to Governor C. P. Radhakrishnan for further proceedings.
The development comes after the alleged involvement of Mr Munde’s close aides in the murder of Santosh Deshmukh, the Sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district, became clear. The opposition parties and BJP MLA Suresh Dhas have been raising the demand for Mr Munde’s resignation.
CM Fadnavis announced that Munde had been relieved from his post, as the state minister of food and civil supplies, on the premises of the state legislature. He stated that the resignation had now been submitted to the governor of the state for further processing.
Munde’s resignation comes amidst escalating controversy around his close aide Walmik Karad being named as the mastermind behind the murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in December 2024.