After furore, Saumya Jain resigns as adviser

NEW DELHI: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain’s daughter, who was as an adviser in the Delhi government for the mohalla clinic project, has resigned from the post

NEW DELHI: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain’s daughter, who was as an adviser in the Delhi government for the mohalla clinic project, has resigned from the post after a controversy regarding her appointment.

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Saumya Jain, an architect, was working on the design of the clinics and was not being paid any remuneration, the government spokesperson said. She was appointed as an adviser to the Delhi health secretary, who is also a director of the National Health Mission. Jain said her post was non-executive in nature.

“My daughter has resigned and now I demand that the BJP make all those people, who are related to ministers, resign from the posts they are holding. Many such relatives are not just appointed, they are also drawing fat salaries,” Jain said.

Saumya resigned after the Bharatiya Janata Party raised an objection to her appointment and accused the Aam Aadmi Party of nepotism and corruption.

“My daughter had been working on the mohalla clinic project regularly for the past two-three months as an adviser. She has resigned as she did not want to be associated with any controversy. Neither was she paid a salary nor was she given any perks. She had got admission in IIM Indore but she let go of that so that she could help with the project. I did not ask her to resign. She has quit on her own. The news (about her appointment) was running in channels all day and it hurt her,” Jain said.