BJP Minister Pankaja Munde meets cousin Dhananjay 2 days after his exit from cabinet

Former Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde.
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Maharashtra BJP Minister Pankaja Munde met her cousin and NCP chief Dhananjay Munde in Mumbai on Thursday (March 6, 2025) night time, two days after the latter give up the State cabinet after his shut aide was named as a key accused within the homicide of a village sarpanch in Beed district.

Pankaja Munde’s workplace mentioned she visited her cousin to investigate about his well being.

Final month, Mr. Dhananjay Munde had disclosed that he’s struggling from Bell’s Palsy, a neurological dysfunction that causes sudden weak spot or paralysis on one aspect of the face. A couple of days earlier than that, the previous Minister had undergone a watch surgical procedure.

Mr. Dhananjay Munde, who hails from Beed district, resigned as Meals, Civil Provides and Client Safety Minister on March 4 after a CID chargesheet within the homicide of Massajog village sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh named his key aide Walmik Karad because the “mastermind” of the brutal killing.

Movies and pictures connected with the chargesheet, exhibiting brutalities inflicted upon Deshmukh earlier than his loss of life on December 9 final yr, surfaced on social media, sparking state-wide outrage.