Maharashtra Guv accepts resignation of state forest minister Sanjay Rathod
India
Updated: Thursday, March 4, 2021, 19:41 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 4: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari accepted the resignation of Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod. The Raj Bhavan gave the information in a statement.
It said the governor also accepted Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray s request that he be given the charge of the forest portfolio held by Rathod.
Rathod s resignation letter was forwarded from the Chief Minister s Office (CMO) to the Raj Bhavan at 4 pm on Thursday, the statement added.
Rathod had resigned from the state cabinet on Sunday, on the eve of the state legislature s budget session. He had submitted the resignation to the chief minister, who had accepted it then. Rathod belongs to the Shiv Sena, which heads the three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state.