Dhananjay munde: NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde resigned from the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet on Tuesday after the chief minister called for his resignation over allegations linking his close associate, Walmik Karad, to the murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. NCP leader Dhananjay Munde stepped down Tuesday as Maharashtra's Food and Civil Supplies Minister after his aide, Walmik Karad, was arrested in connection with the torture and murder of a... Santosh Deshmukh murder: Minister Munde is under fire from the opposition and some Mahayuti colleagues after his close aide Walmik Karad was held in the extortion case linked to sarpanch murder. Dhananjay Munde is an Indian politician and a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He is the Minister of Social Justice and Special Assistance and the Guardian Minister of Beed District in Maharashtra.