Senior Minister Gopal Rai was on Tuesday replaced by his Cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain as the Transport Minister after the former had sought to be relieved of the charge on health grounds. However, political opponents refused to buy the “excuse” of health grounds and linked his “resignation” with the premium bus service “scam”.
Responding to the allegations, Rai tweeted, “Some people are spreading lies that I resigned due to premium bus scheme. There was neither any corruption in that scheme nor have I resigned because of it… I have left Transport Department due to health reasons. I will continue to work as labour, Employment Development and GAD Minister.”