<p align="justify" class="title">Punjab's power minister Rana Gurjit Singh resigned from his cabinet post following a controversy over sand mining contracts where, among others, his former cook bagged a whopping Rs 26 crore contract in an auction.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Rana has submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The opposition Aad Aadmi Party (AAP) has been gunning for the minister ever since the controversy broke out.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Enforcement Directorate(ED) had issued summons to the minister's son in connection with the raising of funds overseas.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I had offered to resign even earlier on moral grounds when my name cropped up. On the same grounds, I have submitted my resignation to the CM," Rana said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The firm of the cook even gave a loan of Rs 50 lakh to the minister.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Four former employees of the minister had bagged sand minning contracts.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The minister's cook Amit Bahadur got a mining site in Nawanshahr for over Rs 26 crore while Kulwinder Pal Singh, a former official with him, got a contract for Rs 9.21.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The minister has claimed innocence saying they were all his former employees. Capt said he is yet to take a call on the ministers resignation. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A one-member judicial commission under Justice JS Narang (retd) was set up to look into the matter.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The commission gave a clean chit to the minister. The AAP had questioned the impartiality of Justice Narang as his son reportedly represented the minister's family as a counsel in a case.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Punjab's power minister Rana Gurjit Singh resigned from his cabinet post following a controversy over sand mining contracts where, among others, his former cook bagged a whopping Rs 26 crore contract in an auction.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Rana has submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The opposition Aad Aadmi Party (AAP) has been gunning for the minister ever since the controversy broke out.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Enforcement Directorate(ED) had issued summons to the minister's son in connection with the raising of funds overseas.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I had offered to resign even earlier on moral grounds when my name cropped up. On the same grounds, I have submitted my resignation to the CM," Rana said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The firm of the cook even gave a loan of Rs 50 lakh to the minister.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Four former employees of the minister had bagged sand minning contracts.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The minister's cook Amit Bahadur got a mining site in Nawanshahr for over Rs 26 crore while Kulwinder Pal Singh, a former official with him, got a contract for Rs 9.21.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The minister has claimed innocence saying they were all his former employees. Capt said he is yet to take a call on the ministers resignation. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A one-member judicial commission under Justice JS Narang (retd) was set up to look into the matter.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The commission gave a clean chit to the minister. The AAP had questioned the impartiality of Justice Narang as his son reportedly represented the minister's family as a counsel in a case.</p>