Opposition Congress and NCP on Friday demanded the sacking of Maharashtra Cooperative Minister Subhash Deshmukh amid reports of seizure of Rs. 91 lakh from vehicle belonging to the minister.

"He (the minister) should be sacked from the ministry and arrested," NCP spokesman Nawab Malik said in a press conference.


According to reports, cash worth over Rs. 91 lakh belonging to Lokmangal Group of the minister was seized by the squad of Osmanabad municipality yesterday. The cash reportedly comprised of the now-invalid tender of Rs. 1000.

The minister was not available for comment. His assistant claimed that Mr Deshmukh was not in town.