Beed Sarpanch murder case: Dhananjay Munde must quit, come back after clean chit, says BJP MLA

BJP MLA Suresh Dhas on Friday said embattled Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde should resign "for a few days" and make a comeback if he gets a clean chit in the Santosh Deshmukh murder-extortion cases and corruption allegations during his tenure as agriculture minister.

Munde, MLA from Parli in Beed, is under fire from the Opposition and some Mahayuti colleagues after close aide Walmik Karad was held in an extortion case linked to the abduction and brutal murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in Massajog in Beed on December 9.

Dhas on Thursday levelled allegations of corruption to the tune of more than ₹80 crore against Munde and his associates in purchases made by the state agriculture department.


Munde was agriculture minister between July 2, 2023, and November 2024.

"Munde must resign for few days. If no link is found between him and the cases related to Santosh Deshmukh and corruption, then he can make a comeback," Dhas said.