Dhananjay Munde to remain absent during Ajit Pawar's Beed tour; cites health reasons

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: NCP leader Dhananjay Munde on Wednesday said he would not be able to attend party president and Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's tour of Beed district because of health reasons.

Munde, MLA from Parli in Beed district, resigned as a state minister last month after facing the heat over the brutal murder of a sarpanch in the district and subsequent arrest of his close aide Walmik Karad in a related case of extortion.

In a post on X, Munde wrote that he had planned to remain present throughout Pawar's tour on Wednesday, but had to leave for Mumbai for treatment a day before.

उपमुख्यमंत्री तथा पालकमंत्री माननीय @AjitPawarSpeaks साहेब यांच्या आजच्या बीड मधील नियोजित दौऱ्यात मी पूर्ण वेळ उपस्थित राहणार होतो. परंतु, माझी प्रकृती अद्यापही ठीक नसल्याने काल मला उपचारासाठी मुंबई येथे यावे लागले आहे. त्यामुळे बीडमधील आजच्या कार्यक्रमांना मी उपस्थित राहू…

— Dhananjay Munde (@dhananjay_munde) April 2, 2025

Ajit Pawar, who is also the guardian minister of Beed, will be attending a meeting of the district planning committee and speaking at party gatherings, NCP sources said.