Maharshtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigns

New Delhi: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has resigned within three hours of the Bombay High Court's CBI inquiry order on the Rs 100 crore recovery case. Anil Deshmukh submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Anil Deshmukh resigns:

Anil Deshmukh submitted his resignation after speaking to party supremo Sharad Pawar. According to media reports, the next home minister of Maharashtra could be Dilip Patil. However, no official statement has been made on this yet. There is speculation that Home Minister Dilip Patil may be given the charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Deshmukh tweeted his resignation:

Anil Deshmukh tweeted a letter of resignation written to the Chief Minister. On the other hand, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik said that all the allegations against Anil Deshmukh are baseless and baseless. Malik said that Deshmukh has resigned from this post himself. Deshmukh said that he would not hold the post till the investigation was conducted.

After the resignation of the Home Minister, State BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said that he was happy that Deshmukh resigned. Also said that there will be a lot of shocking revelations in the CBI investigation. Earlier, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had demanded Anil Deshmukh's resignation. Fadnavis said that after the High Court order, the Home Minister should resign till the time of investigation.

CBI probe against Anil Deshmukh:

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Girish Kulkarni said that this is an extraordinary and unprecedented case, which should be investigated independently. The bench directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete the preliminary inquiry within 15 days and decide on further action. The bench was hearing three PILs. Among these, one petition was filed by Singh himself, while the second petition was filed by city lawyer Jayashree Patil and third teacher Mohan Bhide, who requested to take different steps. The bench disposed of the three petitions.