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Omar Abdullah sacks Roads and Buildings Minister Saroori in J-K | Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday sacked Minister for Roads and Buildings G.M. Saroori
following his alleged involvement in an impersonation case in a private medical college in Jammu. On Wednesday Saroori had "refused" to resign even as a senior
Congress leader said the party had asked him to do so. Saroori's daughter is reportedly
among seven candidates, who allegedly hired impersonators to take up the entrance
examination. The alleged impersonators, including a girl, were arrested on August
21. However, senior National Conference leader Ram Paul, who is named in the scandal,
has already resigned as the Chairman of the Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes
cell of the party, Jammu province. Ram Paul, a former Minister, resigned in the
wake of his name finding a mention in the ASCOMS entrance examination impersonation
case, a party spokesman said. The Minister, in his resignation letter, claimed
that he was innocent. His son was among the seven accused in the impersonation
incident. Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and AICC general
secretary in charge of Jammu and Kashmir Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday stated that
the Minister was asked to resign. "The Minister has been asked to resign," Chavan
stated. |
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