BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has sought the resignation of state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh after former Mumbai Police chief alleged the ruling party's minister "set a target to collect ₹ 100 crore a month". Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray made the allegations of corruption against Mr Deshmukh, who is from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), an ally of the Shiv Sena and the Congress in Maharashtra.