CM will ask Munde to resign if evidence links him to murder case, Maha Minister

Maharashtra's Minister for Higher and Technical Education, Chandrakant Patil of the BJP, said in Sangli on Monday that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will ask Food & civil Supplies Minister Dhananjay Munde (photo) of the Ajit Pawar led NCP to step down if any evidence against Munde is found linking him to the murder of Massajog village sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh of the BJP.

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"The investigation into the murder of Santosh Deshmukh is underway. Each matter is different. As the head of the government, Devendra Fadnavis is fully capable of making decisions. If he believes there is substance in the allegations, he will act immediately and ask Munde to resign. The Maharashtra government has already seized properties of the accused in the Santosh Deshmukh murder case. Stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) provisions have also been invoked against Valmik Karad and the other accused," P