Andhra Pradesh governor "ND Tiwari video clip" resigns over sex scandal

ND Tiwari video clip NEW DELHI: Twenty-four hours after allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal at the Raj Bhavan surfaced, Andhra Pradesh governor ND Tiwari resigned. Even as Mr Tiwari cited “poor health” as the reason in his letter to President Pratibha Patil, the party sought to present the resignation as the Congress’ tradition of maintaining “high standards in public life”. “I think he has taken an appropiate decision in keeping with the party’s tradition of maintaining high standards in public life. I think Mr Tiwari does not want to hold on an office till it is proved that the video is true or false,” AICC general secretary and media department incharge Janardhan Dwivedi said. Indications that Mr Tiwari cannot continue in the post emerged when the Centre sought a report from the state chief secretary on the issue on Saturday. Through the day there had been signals from the Congress, that Mr Tiwari’s continuation would be untenable. As governor, he was above party politics, though Mr Tiwari has been a Congressman for more than five decades, a fact that caused the party some embarrassment in the wake of the latest developments. The allegation could not have come at a worse time for the Congress. The party is in the midst of dealing with the Telegana issue. It is understood that Mr Tiwari’s fate was sealed by President Pratibha Patil, who is to arrive in Hyderabad on Sunday morning. President Patil is understood to have indicated that it would be untenable for her to come to the city with such allegations being made publicly. Indications from the Congress high command were also not very favourable for him. An emergency meeting was held earlier on Saturday over the ‘sex tape’ issue. Highly-placed Congress sources said that he would have to go in view of the acute embarrassment he had brought to the organisation. ND Tiwari video clip The resignation came a day after a Telugu TV channel aired a footage captured in a sting operation of an elderly man, allegedly Governor Tiwari with three women in Raj Bhavan in a compromising position. The Raj Bhavan denied it and promptly approached the High Court yesterday to get a restraint order on the channel from telecasting the footage. Despite denials of the allegations, Mr Tiwari took the cue and with continued agitations outside Raj Bhavan by vociferous women activists realised that his position was untenable. Demands from the opposition in the state, particularly the Left, and at the national level, both the BJP and Left, also helped in ramping up the pressure on the governor to quit. By the way, they call it the nd tiwari video clip

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