All 5 BJP ministers in Punjab resign

CHANDIGARH : After a corruption scandal, all five BJP ministers in the Punjab govt have resigned on the orders of the party's senior-most leaders including LK Advani and Nitin Gadkari.The BJP wants to prove it's serious about a zero-tolerance policy for corruption especially since it's been taking on the UPA govt at the Centre for permitting scams within its ranks. The CBI recently arrested a MLA from the party Raj Khurana who was chief parliamentary secretary for allegedly demanding a bribe of 1.5 crores to help resolve a land dispute. Two ministers Swarn Ram and Manranjan Kalia were interrogated by the CBI for possible links to the bribe.The BJP has 19 MLAs in Punjab. All the five BJP ministers and two chief parliamentary secretaries resgined on Thursday evening in a fall out of the corruption case registered by the CBI against one BJP MLA, last week. senior BJP leader and incharge of Punjab affairs, Shanta Kumar handed over the resignations to the CM, P S Badal.