Date:27/09/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/27/stories/2007092756041200.htm

National

Uttar Pradesh Minister quits

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghunath Prasad Shankhwar, whose name figured during a probe into purchase of drugs during his tenure as Chief Medical Officer of Barabanki district, has resigned from the government. Mr. Shankhwar, the Minister of State for Land Development and Water Resources with independent charge, had put in his papers on Tuesday. — PTI