Dilip Walse Patil replaces Anil Deshmukh as Maharashtra home minister

NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil has been given the charge of Maharashtra home minister after Anil Deshmukh tendered his resignation today after the Bombay High Court ordered a CBI inquiry into corruption allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Patil is currently serving as minister of excise and labour department in the Uddhav Thakeray cabinet.