Omar's dig at TV news channels on Bansal's resignation issue

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : May 11 2013 | 7:35 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today had a dig at television news channels for announcing the resignation of Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal "hours" before he actually did so.
"So if Pawan Bansal only resigned after 8:30 (pm yesterday), how come channels were announcing that he had resigned hours earlier? Shoddy journalism?" Omar wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.Com.
Omar said the TV channels should not have gone ahead with announcing Bansal's resignation before he had submitted his resignation.
"You can say he's been asked to resign or has decided to resign but he hasn't actually resigned until he hands in that letter of resignation," he added.
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First Published: May 11 2013 | 7:35 PM IST

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