Mumbai, March 11
Another minister in the Maharashtra Government has resigned after being indicted for corruption by a commission of inquiry. State Labour Minister Nawab Malik today resigned close on the heels of Minister for Higher Education Sureshdada Jain quitting yesterday.
Malik told reporters at the state secretariat that he had sent in his resignation to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.
Malik and Jain were among four senior NCP leaders who were probed by the Justice P.B. Sawant Commission for corruption.
