<p>Ranchi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> Minister Alamgir Alam, who is in jail in connection with a money laundering case, has resigned from the state cabinet and also as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), an official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>In a letter to Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/champai-soren">Champai Soren</a> from Birsa Munda Central Jail, Ranchi, Alam tendered his resignation as a cabinet minister, he said.</p>.<p>Alam, in another letter to AICC chief <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mallikarjun-kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a>, said, "I hereby submit my resignation from the post of leader of Congress Legislature Party, Jharkhand. I shall remain grateful to the party leadership for providing me an opportunity to work and serve as CLP leader." </p>.Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam remanded to 2-day judicial custody in money laundering case.<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on May 15 arrested the Congress leader in a money laundering case, days after about Rs 32 crore cash was seized from premises linked to his aide.</p>.<p>The Opposition BJP in the state last week demanded the removal of Aalam from the Champai Soren cabinet.</p>.<p>Earlier, the chief minister had taken charge of all four portfolios held by Alam - Parliamentary Affairs, Rural Development, Rural Works and Panchayati Raj.</p>.<p>The 70-year-old MLA from Pakur was taken into custody at the central agency's zonal office last month under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). </p>
<p>Ranchi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> Minister Alamgir Alam, who is in jail in connection with a money laundering case, has resigned from the state cabinet and also as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), an official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>In a letter to Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/champai-soren">Champai Soren</a> from Birsa Munda Central Jail, Ranchi, Alam tendered his resignation as a cabinet minister, he said.</p>.<p>Alam, in another letter to AICC chief <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mallikarjun-kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a>, said, "I hereby submit my resignation from the post of leader of Congress Legislature Party, Jharkhand. I shall remain grateful to the party leadership for providing me an opportunity to work and serve as CLP leader." </p>.Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam remanded to 2-day judicial custody in money laundering case.<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on May 15 arrested the Congress leader in a money laundering case, days after about Rs 32 crore cash was seized from premises linked to his aide.</p>.<p>The Opposition BJP in the state last week demanded the removal of Aalam from the Champai Soren cabinet.</p>.<p>Earlier, the chief minister had taken charge of all four portfolios held by Alam - Parliamentary Affairs, Rural Development, Rural Works and Panchayati Raj.</p>.<p>The 70-year-old MLA from Pakur was taken into custody at the central agency's zonal office last month under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). </p>