Shiv Sena MLA Bhondekar resigns after not getting ministerial post

Amid the Cabinet expansion in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Narendra Bhondekar resigned from the post of deputy leader of the party after being denied a ministerial berth on Sunday. Union Minister Ramdas Athawale also expressed displeasure over the expansion, stating that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had promised him a ministerial post, but failed to deliver.