Friday, February 28, 2025 | 03:14 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Mizoram Governor accepts minister's resignation letter

Image

Press Trust of India Aizawl
Mizoram Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma today accepted the resignation letter of Minister of State for Fisheries, Buddha Dhan Chakma, Raj Bhavan sources said.

Chakma submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Monday. The chief minister's office sent the letter to the governor on Tuesday.

The governor accepted the resignation of Chakma today, the sources said.

In his resignation letter, Chakma said that four Chakma students who qualified for MBBS seat under the state quota, were denied the quota in medical colleges across the country by the state Higher and Technical Education department and two of the students belonged to his constituency.
 

He said that he could not accept such kind of "discrimination" among the people of the state.

He said "Remaining in the council of ministers might create uneasiness to maintain the glory of democracy in our state where all of us should feel at home under your dynamic leadership irrespective of caste, creed and religion."

Earlier, the NGO Coordination Committee had urged the Chief Minister to sack Chakma before August 25 and threatened to launch an agitation if Chakma remains a minister.

Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content

Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel

First Published: Aug 24 2017 | 12:22 PM IST

Explore News