<span style="color: #222222;">Bihar agriculture minister Sudhakar Singh today resigned from the post and submitted his resignation to Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav. He is the second Minister after Law Minister Kartikeya Singh to resign from the Nitish cabinet. A first-time RJD MLA from Ramgarh in Kaimur district, Sudhakar Singh, recently had hit headlines for flagging issues of rampant corruption in his department.<br />''<br />''Mr. Singh said the statistics of the government itself indicate utter failure of the agriculture road maps in achieving their objectives on any count.<br />''<br />''Pointing out that he will not rest till the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act and 'mandi' system are restored, Singh had said the decision of scrapping them in 2006 was &quot;anti-farmer" in nature.<br />''<br />''Reacting on resignation Bihar BJP President Sanjay Jaiswal said Sudhakar Singh was compelled to resign as he was raising corruption of agriculture department.</span>
News On AIR | October 2, 2022 4:36 PM
Bihar agriculture minister Sudhakar Singh submits his resignation to Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav