Srinagar: Days after a trial court sentenced him to three years imprisonment in a two decade old case, senior Peoples Democratic Party leader Mohammad Dilawar Mir on Wednesday submitted his resignation as the party general secretary.
Mir said that he has submitted his resignation to party though the facts and law are in his favour. "I have decided to set a high moral standard in my public life so submitted my resignation to the president of the party," he said.
Reacting reports that he cannot contest the election, "The sentence against me has been stayed till January 2, 2015 and there is no legal impediment if I decide to contest the forthcoming elections."
He said that there was no allegation against him that he has committed any wrong doing as a public servant. "When the contract was awarded to me, I was neither a minister nor a MLA," he said.
"I was a private citizen and had a fundamental right to do business. Also, the court has noted and accepted the fact that as a public servant, I have had impeccable and clean record," he said.
Mir was named by his party as a candidate for the Assembly elections from Rafiabad seat of north Kashmir, which is going to polls in the third phase on December 9, 2014. Mir lost to National Conference (NC) candidate Javid Ahmad Dar by just 216 votes in 2008 Assembly elections.
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