July 24, 2010 10:19 AM

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Amit Shah resigns, Modi accepts

Facing charges of murder, Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah, today resigned from the state ministry. Talking to newsmen on his arrival in New Delhi to attend the National Development Council meeting, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said, he has information that Amit Shah's resignation has reached his residence in Gandhinagar. He said on his return, he would accept it and complete the formalities. Asked by reporters whether the resignation amounted to accepting that Shah is guilty, Modi said he was accepting it because under the Constitution, certain formalities had to be fulfilled. He said Shah would fight the issue legally and expressed confidence that judiciary would provide justice to him.Shah's resignation comes a day after CBI charged him with kidnapping and murder of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kauser Bi in November 2005.

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