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Bihar CM asks Excise Minister to resign | Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked Excise Minister Jamshed Ashraf to step down from his post after he accused the Chief Minister's secretariat of covering up
a 'multi-crore scam'. In a confidential letter to Ashraf, Kumar said, "The charges
are unfortunate, undignified, malicious and unbecoming of a minister." Ashraf
has been asked to resign for allegedly breaching the oath of office and secrecy.
Kumar claimed that no irregularities were detected during inquiry into the allegations
and refused all the charges. "My political career has remained clean and will
remain clean," said Kumar adding that there was nothing to hide and that nobody
could purchase him. Replying to Ashraf's letter dated January 14, Kumar accused
him with stalling some of the 'progressive measures' for arresting illegal sale
of liquor, saying the chief secretary found many discrepancies in the investigation
into the allegations. Excise Minister Jamshed Ashraf has alleged that a company
owned by a senior Janata Dal -United (JD-U) functionary close to Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar was awarded tenders for the sale of country liquor in four districts
of the state breaking all rules. Ashraf wrote a letter to Nitish on the alleged
scam on January 14 seeking his interference is disclosing a scam that involved
his secretariat. |
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