Chhattisgarh governor quits

Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt has resigned, official sources said Thursday, even as the BJP denied that governors appointed by the previous government had been told to go, reports Reuters.

A day after Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi quit, Dutt submitted his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday, the sources in the Raj Bhavan at Raipur told IANS.

But it was not immediately clear if the resignation had been accepted.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party clarified Thursday that no governor had been asked to quit.