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Bihar education minister resigns over corruption charges, days after taking oath

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Gitanjali Mangal
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Bihar education minister resigns over corruption charges, days after taking oath
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Mewa Lal Chaudhary, Bihar education minister whose appointment to the post had landed the party in a controversy on
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account of a corruption case, on Thursday submitted his resignation, barely three days after being sworn in as a member of the Nitish Kumar cabinet. Nitish Kumar draws RJD fire for appointing scam-tainted Mewalal Choudhary  education minister - india news - Hindustan Times Also Read | Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to be conferred with Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award
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publive-image He was allocated the portfolio on Tuesday, a day after taking the oath, sent his resignation immediately after assuming charge at 1 pm, the sources said. Bihar: Mahagathbandhan Objects against Appointment of 'Corrupt' Education  Minister | NewsClick He belongs to the JD(U) headed by the chief minister, who had been named an accused in a five-year-old case relating to alleged irregularities in the appointment of teachers and technicians at Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur, where he was the Vice-Chancellor. He submitted his resignation after a meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. publive-imageA Raj Bhavan communique later said Chaudhary’s resignation has been accepted on the recommendation of the chief minister. Building construction minister Ashok Chaudhary, also of the JD(U), has been given additional charge of the education ministry, it said. Also Read | Indian Army Pinpoint Strike: India carries out another strike inside PoK
Shortly after Chaudhary resigned, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav attacked the chief minister for inducting into his cabinet a “corrupt” person. “You deliberately made a corrupt person a minister and, in spite of criticism, got him to assume charge, before enacting this resignation drama. You are the one who is guilty,” he said in a series of tweets. -PTC News
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