Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who has been named in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate resigned as an MLA on Friday.
The senior NCP leader and former deputy chief minister Ajit was a six-term MLA from Baramati assembly constituency in Maharashtra.
He submitted his resignation to the speaker Haribhau Bagade on Friday evening, which was accepted by the latter. The reasons for the resignation are still not clear.
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Earlier in the day, Ajit was also not present with the NCP chief when he was planning to go to ED office in Mumbai in connection with the 25,000-crore MSC Bank scam.
The duo has been named in a money laundering case by the ED.