Sanjay Rathod was the Forest Minister in the Uddhav Thackeray government, had to resign after the strings were attached to the suicide case.

Mumbai:

Now questions are being raised on the inclusion of rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Rathod in the Maharashtra cabinet.

This is the first time after the formation of the government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and BJP, when questions are being raised from the BJP on Shinde's decision.

BJP's state unit vice-president Chitra Wagh has raised questions by tweeting.

She wrote that 'It is very unfortunate that Sanjay Rathod, who caused the death of Maharashtra's daughter Pooja Chavan, has been given the post of minister again... I will continue my fight against him.'

Puja chavan chaya death cause asanarya maji minister sanjay rathod la punha ministerial dil janam oh extremely dudaivi oh sanjay rathod



zari punha minister jhalela asla tarihi tyachya virudcha majha ladha me suruchan thevalela ahe majha


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— Chitra Kishor Wagh (@ChitraKWagh) August 9, 2022

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has defended his decision on the whole incident.

Chief Minister Shinde said, "During the MVA government, he (Rathod) was given a clean chit, so he has been included in the cabinet.

The police had given him a clean chit.

If anyone has anything to say on this, then his point can also be heard.

An old video of Kirit Somaiya, a BJP leader since Sanjay Rathod became a minister, is becoming increasingly viral in which he said that the suicide was actually a "murder" committed by Sanjay Rathod.

Somaiya, who attended today's swearing-in ceremony, however, did not comment on the issue.

Thackeray Sarkar's Minister Sanjay Rathod must be arrested immediately @BJP4Maharashtra@BJP4India@Dev_Fadnavis@ChDadaPatilpic.twitter.com/hZ9U6iEpVc

— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) February 13, 2021


Significantly, Sanjay Rathod, who was the Forest Minister of Maharashtra, had to step down due to allegations made by the then opposition party BJP.

He was accused of being related to the suicide case of a 23-year-old woman in Pune.

The minister was alleged that Pooja Chavan, a native of Beed district of Maharashtra, was living with her brother and her friends in Pune to take an English language learning course.

The woman allegedly committed suicide on February 8.