Mumbai Congress Chief resigns

Mumbai Congress Chief Kripashankar Singh on Wednesday resigned from his post following a Bombay High Court order to prosecute him in corruption cases, a party official said. The court's order came during the hearing of a PIL filed by Tiwari last year, who had alleged that Singh had amassed crores of rupees disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The court had asked police to initiate the action against Singh under the Prevention of Corruption Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi also directed Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik to investigate the matter and submit his probe report to the court by April 19, said lawyer Mihir Desai, representing the petitioner, social activist Sanjay Tiwari.

Singh has been under fire since last week for the Congress party's miserable performance in the recently concluded elections to BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Singh's resignation came shortly after the court's ruling. It has been sent to the party high command for the final decision.

"A formal announcement is expected to be made from New Delhi," the party official said.

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who is in Nashik, also hinted that Singh has quit when media persons sought his comments on the court judgement against the Mumbai party chief.

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