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Ministers who resigned on corruption charges
in UPA II
Friday May 10, 2013 11:39:50 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Railway
Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar were
not the first from in the United Progressive Alliance-II to have
resigned on corruption charges. The others who stepped down on
corruption charges are:
A. Raja - The DMK leader held the portfolio of communication and
information technology when an alleged scam in allocation of 2G
spectrum took place. A report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
said it cost the exchequer Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. He resigned Nov
14, 2010, and was arrested in February 2011.
Dayanihdhi Maran - This DMK leader resigned as textile minister in
July 2011, over allegations that as telecom minister, he
arm-twisted the promoter of mobile service provider Aircel to sell
out to Malaysian telecom firm Maxis.
Shashi Tharoor - Though there were no direct corruption charges
against him, Tharoor got into problems after then IPL commissioner
Lalit Modi alleged that Sunanda Pushkar, who is now Tharoor's
wife, had equity stakes in Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), heading
the consortium that owns the Kochi team in Indian Premier League (IPL).
Tharoor resigned from the post of minister of state for external
affairs in April 2010, but was later taken back as Minister of
State for Human Resource Development, a portfolio he presently
holds.
Virbhadra Singh - Resigned from the post of minister of small,
micro and medium industries after a court in Himachal Pradesh
framed corruption charges against him and his wife, Pratibha. They
had been booked for alleged misuse of his official position and
criminal misconduct when Virbhadra Singh was the chief minister of
Himachal Pradesh in 1989. He led the party to victory in the state
elections and is now chief minister again.
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