Deshmukh’s exit: The start of Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi alliance’s troubles?
Hindustan TimesThe ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi coalition, especially the Nationalist Congress Party faced an embarrassment on Monday as home minister Anil Deshmukh had to resign following the Bombay high court’s decision to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct preliminary probe into allegations of corruption against him. Though NCP had decided not to drop Deshmukh from the cabinet, the latter had to put in his papers after HC remarked how the Mumbai Police could probe allegations against the head of their department. The government took its own time to shift him out of Mumbai Police’s crime intelligence unit, which was initially probing the case, even as Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis made direct allegations against him. “With the entry of the CBI, things would no longer remain in control of the MVA government, as the central agency will conduct its own probe into the issue.