Ajit Pawar defends Dhananjay Munde amid mounting calls for his resignation

Updated On: 10 January, 2025 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore

Not just Opposition, even ruling party leaders have demanded Dhananjay Munde’s scalp. The NCP president said he had had a word with the CM and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule (about the BJP leaders who, along with others across the parties, have opened a campaign against Munde)

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Ajit Pawar, Deputy CM (right) NCP minister Dhananjay Munde. File pics

Deputy CM and NCP boss Ajit Pawar has defended his party’s minister Dhananjay Munde whose resignation has been demanded in connection with the murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. Pawar asserted that three agencies were probing the murder and those found guilty would not be protected. “I have met CM Devendra Fadnavis and told him that the guilty should be taken to task without considering their political affiliation and the higher position they hold [in the government]. We cannot tolerate such gory incidents,” said Pawar in Pune, while breaking silence over the murder that took place a month ago.

Dy CM Ajit Pawar met CM Fadnavis about allegations made by BJP leaders. File pic