Maharashtra AG Shrihari Aney resigns over ‘Marathwada statehood’ remark

Maharashtra top legal officer Shreehari Aney submitted his resignation on 22/03/2016 morning to Governor Vidyasagar Rao.
•    Mr Aney, was asked to step down after a furore in the state assembly over his controversial speech where he advocated separate statehood for Maharashtra's backward region of Marathwada.
•    The advocate general is the top legal officer who advises the government and defends the state in courts. 
•    Government was struggling to defend him.
•    Mr Aney had made another controversial comment by backing the demand for statehood for Vidarbha. 
•    Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had backed him.
•    Aney had been handpicked by Fadnavis for the coveted post last year. 
•    Aney said he decided to step down as he reckoned Budget Session failure could prove detrimental for the government.
•    Making it clear that he was not asked by the chief minister or the governor to resign, Aney cited two reasons — “conflict of duty and institutional stability”.