NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Friday hit out at NCP minister Dhananjay Munde over not resigning on moral grounds from the state cabinet following allegations of his links with the accused in the sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case. “It is the moral responsibility to resign from the post but the concerned political party and government should decide on it. In the past, during the Congress-led state government under Sharad Pawar, few ministers had resigned after facing allegations of corruption. Then chief minister Ashok Chavan too had resigned after facing allegations,” Sule said. She did, however, put in a good word for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, adding, “Fadnavis has taken forward the legacy of the late NCP leader R R Patil to take responsibility of Naxal-affected districts and the good work should be praised. The situation is changing in Naxal-affected districts.” On aunt Asha Pawar’s statement that Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar should come together, Sule said she does not want to say anything as she does not mix her professional life with her personal life. “The Pawar family is as united as it has been. My relationship with my aunt has not changed,” she said. Referring to NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and her father and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar sharing the dais at a function in Chakan organised by NCP (SP) MP Amol Kolhe to mark the birth anniversary of social reformer Savitribai Phule, Sule said that her family has always been close to the Bhujbals and this was not unusual.
