Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Quits Amid Corruption Charges
Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Monday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
This comes after the Bombay High Court ordered CBI to conduct a preliminary investigation into the corruption allegations levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh against Deshmukh.
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Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik confirmed that Anil Deshmukh has stepped in as the state’s home minister.
Deshmukh has submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. However, the CM did not accept the resignation, Malik said.
Malik said that following the Bombay High Court order earlier today on the case, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh met Pawar Ji & party leaders & said he doesn’t want to remain in the post. He went to tender his resignation to the CM.
“Hence, it was decided that he will give resignation and the party asked the CM to accept his resignation,” the NCP leader added.
ANI reported that in his resignation letter, Deshmukh has stated that he doesn’t find it morally correct to continue as the home minister after the Bombay High Court’s order.
The Bombay High Court today directed the CBI to complete the preliminary inquiry and investigation of claims of corruption and malpractices levelled by Param Bir Singh against Deshmukh within 15 days.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni termed the case as an “independent investigation” and “unprecedented” stating that it warranted an independent inquiry.
The court said that since a high-level committee directed by the state government is already investigating the case, the CBI is not required to immediately file an FIR in the case.
However, the central agency should complete a preliminary inquiry within 15 days and then a decision can be taken about future action.
The Bombay HC bench was ruling on a batch of PILs and writ petitions into the matter.
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