Kerala’s excise minister K Babu on Saturday handed over his resignation letter to Chief Miniser Oomen Chandy, after a court directed vigilance and anti-corruption bureau to register case against him over alleged corruption charges in the bar bribery case.
The vigilance court also ordered that the first report in the case should be filed by February 22. Babu is the second minister in the UDF government after former finance minister KM Mani, to resign from the post following their alleged involvement in the bar bribery case.
In a news conference held in Ernakulam, his hometown, Babu said he has handed over the letter of resignation to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy before he came to meet media.
Babu accused the CPM of playing dirty games in the bar bribery case episode.
Kerala state secretary of CPM Kodiyeri Balakrishnan played dirty games in the bar bribery case episode, he alleged.