Amid the demand for the ouster of Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod over name being linked to the death of a woman, the Shiv Sena leader on Sunday tenders his resignation from the post.
“I’ve given my resignation to CM Uddhav Thackeray. The way opposition is warning that they won’t allow Assembly session to function, I’ve distanced myself from it. I want fair probe in case (in connection with death of a woman in Pune earlier this month),” Rathod told reporters, according to news agency ANI.
Earlier, the opposition party, Bhartiya Janata Party in the state had demanded Rathod’s resignation, even as the minister has denied that he had anything to do with the death.
The 23-year-old woman died after falling from a building on February 8, and Pune Police had said they were probing the suicide angle. Some audio clips purportedly having bearing on the case had gone viral after her death.
In Rathod’s defence, Shiv Sena…