Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Sayed, whose son was involved in using unfair means for his Class 10 examinations, has resigned.
According to family sources, Sayed sent the resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and not to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Officials of the school board allegedly helped his son pass the secondary school exam.
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