2 more Maha ministers will have to quit in 15 days BJP

    Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant
Patil on Thursday claimed two more state ministers will have
to resign in 15 days and that the state was a "fit case for
President's rule".
    His remarks came a day after suspended cop Sachin Waze
in a letter claimed former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh
had demanded Rs 2 crore from him to continue his service in
the Mumbai police and another minister Anil Parab asked him to
collect money from contractors.
    Deshmukh, a senior NCP leader, resigned as home
minister on Monday after the Bombay High Court ordered a CBI
probe into corruption allegations levelled against him by
former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh.
    Parab, a Shiv Sena leader, has denied the allegations.
    Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Patil said
"what is in store in future is the common man's guess".
    "Two state ministers will have to resign in another 15
days. Some people will go to court against these ministers and
then they will have to quit," he claimed without naming anyone
or elaborating further.
    Patil said there is a possibility that the allegations
against Transport Minister Anil Parab may also be clubbed with
the probe into charges against Anil Deshmukh.
    "Maharashtra is a fit case for President's rule," the
BJP leader said, adding his party was not making the demand.
    He said from what is going on in the state, experts
should explain what else is needed to impose the President's
rule.
    "If you want to blame the Centre for everything, why
not give the state administration to the central government?"
be asked.
    Patil alleged that Anil Deshmukh was a "hypocrite" as
he had moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay HC order for
a CBI probe into the allegations against him.
    "In the resignation letter, he (Deshmukh) says he is
quitting to facilitate a free and fair probe, and the next day
he moves the apex court against the probe," Patil said.
    The BJP leader said the MVA government (comprising the
Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) in Maharashtra defended Waze so
aggressively during the state's budget session that the
Assembly had to be adjourned nine times.
    "Now you don't trust him," he added.
    Patil alleged that the MVA government was indulging in
an "organised crime".
    "If the evidence comes out on paper,provisions of the
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) will have
to be invoked," he claimed.
    Talking to reporters in Nagpur, senior BJP leader
Devendra Fadnavis said the claims made by Waze in his letter
are serious and there is a need for deliberation on it.
    "The things that are coming out and happeningare not
good for the reputation of Maharashtra and the state police.
The CBI or any other competent authority should investigate
the letter's content and bring out the truth," the former
state chief minister said. PTI MR CLS
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