AMN /
Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar Rao has accepted the resignation of Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said a retired High Court judge will probe allegations against Eknath Khadse.
In a tweet, Chief Minister said, Khadse had demanded an inquiry into allegations against him.
Earlier ending speculations and heated debates, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse submitted his resignation to chief minister Devendra Fadvanis earlier on Saturday.
The move comes two days after Fadnavis met BJP President Amit Shah and Prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Mr Khadse has been facing heat over a series of allegations including irregularities in a land deal in Pune and allegations levelled by AAP that he received calls from underword Don Dawood Ibrahim’s residence in Karachi on his mobile phone.
He is in a controversy over the purchase of a three-acre Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) land in Pune allegedly at a low price of around Rs 3.75 crore from its original owner in the name of his wife and son-in-law.
The market value of the land is reportedly Rs 40 crore.