Bhubaneswar: Orissa's Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallick today resigned in the wake of allegation of a Rs 700-crore scam in purchase of dal for mid-day meal scheme and Supplementary Nutrition Programme
(SNP).
"I have tendered my resignation on my own on moral grounds for the interest of the BJD party and to keep the clean image of the government intact," Mallick told reporters after putting in her papers following a meeting with Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik....
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02:31 PM, Feb 05, 2011
