Days after one of his close associates was taken into custody in relation to the december 2024 murder of a local sarpanch in Beed district, maharashtra minister dhananjay Munde resigned on tuesday and handed his resignation to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.
 
Shortly after Munde's departure, the leader of the nationalist congress party (NCP) broke his quiet to denounce the ruthless killing of Massajog's village headman and to say that he had also resigned for health reasons. Taking to X, Munde said, "My firm demand from the first day is that the accused in the brutal murder of the late Santosh Deshmukh of Massajog in Beed district should be given the strictest punishment. Seeing the photos that came to light yesterday, I was deeply distressed."


Earlier in the day, Munde handed devendra fadnavis a formal letter of resignation, which has since been forwarded to the maharashtra governor for approval.
 
Speaking to reporters from the maharashtra Assembly media stand, fadnavis stated that he had transferred the resignation of the ncp minister to governor CP Radhakrishnan after accepting it.
 
 As images of the horrific murder of Massajog Sarpanch from the Beed district began making the rounds on social media, a number of opposition lawmakers spoke out against Munde during the maharashtra Assembly's current Budget session, calling for his resignation



 
 

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