Maharashtra: BJP holds protests for resignation of Anil Deshmukh

BJP employees on Sunday staged protests in Nagpur and Pune demanding resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in view of allegations of corruption levelled towards him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh. While Deshmukh is dealing with flak, NCP activists hit streets in Nagpur towards Singh alleging that he was defaming the state dwelling minister.

Days after he was shunted as Mumbai police commissioner, Singh wrote a letter to the CM claiming Deshmukh, a senior NCP chief from Nagpur district, had requested Waze and different cops to gather Rs 100 crore month-to-month from bars and motels in Mumbai.

Leading a protest in Pune, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil stated there was no ethical floor left for the Shiv Sena- led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities to stay in energy.

In Nagpur, demonstrations had been led by former state power minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule at Sanvidhan sq. the place slogans had been towards the state authorities.

An illustration was additionally organised by employees of the BJP Yuva Morcha outdoors the residence of Deshmukh within the metropolis.

Meanwhile, NCP’s Nagpur unit president Anil Ahirkar stated allegations towards Deshmukh had been a conspiracy to defame him.

Deshmukh had dismissed allegations raised by Singh as baseless and termed them as a bid by the IPS officer to avoid wasting himself from inquiry.

Singh was shunted out as Mumbai police commissioner within the midst of investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into restoration of an explosives-laden car which was discovered parked outdoors the south Mumbai residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani final month.

The NIA had arrested assistant inspector of Mumbai Police, Sachin Waze, within the case.