Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suresh Dhas on Thursday accused Minister Dhananjay Munde of being involved in a Rs 300-crore scam during his tenure as the state's agriculture minister, and called for his resignation from the Mahayuti government, reported news agency PTI.

Munde, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Parli in Beed district, has come under fire from both opposition parties and some of his Mahayuti colleagues following the arrest of his close aide, Walmik Karad, in an extortion case related to the abduction and brutal murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in Massajog in the same district on December 9.