A delegation of Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi called on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to seek his approval for the election of Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The Speaker post has been vacant for eight months. The delegation consisted of Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat of the Congress, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal of the NCP and
Anil Deshmukh quits, Dilip Walse Patil is new Maharashtra Home Minister
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has resigned from his post
| 6 April 2021 12:18 AM GMT
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has resigned from his post, hours after the Bombay High Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the corruption allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh, a top Nationalist Congress Party leader said here on Monday.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has appointed senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, ex-Speaker and Labour Minister Dilip Walse-Patil as the new Home Minister.
The CM also tweaked his Cabinet by handing over the Labour department to Minister Hasan Mushrif, and State Excise portfolio to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Sugar cooperative veteran Dilip Walse Patil has been appointed as the new home minister of Maharashtra in the wake of resignation of Anil Deshmukh. Patil was the Chairman of the apex body of national sugar co-op federation before he was inducted in the Cabinet of Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition.
Patil is an MLA from Ambegaon, Pune from NCP. He is former Finance Minister and Ex-Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was also PA to Sharad Pawar.
Patil is also on the board of Pune District Central Cooperative Bank. According to his friends, Patil has been active in cooperatives for many years. He is also on the board of Bhimashankar Sahakar Sakaar Kharkhana Limited also.
Updated Feb 05, 2021 | 15:48 IST
Nana Patole has been appointed as the President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee a day after he resigned from the post of the Assembly Speaker. Nana Patole | Photo Credit: ANI
Mumbai: Nana Patole has been appointed as the President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Patole had resigned from the post of the Assembly Speaker on Thursday and said that the party high command had asked him to do so. The high command of the party asked me to resign from the post. I obeyed them, Patole said.
The Sakoli MLA had quit the BJP to join the Congress party in 2017. He was made the Speaker of Maharashtra s Legislative Assembly after the Maha Vikas Aghadi came to power in 2019 after the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance failed to form a government due to disagreement over the Chief Minister post.