2 more Maharashtra ministers will have to quit in 15 days: BJP

Some people will go to court against these ministers and then they will have to quit, he said

As the twin cases of Ambani-bomb scare and murder of Mansukh Hiren threw out murkier details, the BJP mounted a major psychological pressure on the Maha Vikas Aghadi government saying that two more ministers will have to go in a fortnight’s time.

Two senior ministers of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA – forest minister Sanjay Rathod of the Shiv Sena and home minister Anil Deshmukh of the NCP had to resign in quick successions.

“Two more ministers would have to go in a fortnight's time. Some people would go to court against them and then they will also quit,” state BJP president and former revenue minister Chandrakant Patil said.

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His statement comes hours after suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze – the main accused in twin cases – in a letter to the NIA court alleged that Deshmukh and transport minister Anil Parab asked him to extort money while a contact of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar met him with a similar purpose.

Patil said Maharashtra was a fit case for President's Rule, however, the BJP us not making any demand.

He also pointed out that while Deshmukh says that he is open for a probe and when the Bombay High Court ordered a probe, he moved the Supreme Court.

“The allegations are serious…we demand that there should be a thorough probe into it,” leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis said.