Dirty politics: Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod after quitting from post over links with Pooja Chavan case

Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod on Sunday said he has submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray amid controversy over Pooja Chavan death case.

"There has been a lot of dirty politics over the issue of the woman's death," Sanjay Rathod said, adding he has quit the ministry so that the truth can come out.

"Attempts were made to tarnish my image and destroy my reputation I had built after 30 years of socialwork. I was saying that let the probe happen before taking any decision. But the opposition threatened to disrupt the budget session," Sanjay Rathod said after quiting from his post.