India News: Bansal's continuation had become untenable after his nephew was arrested by the CBI last week for accepting a R90-lakh bribe for fixing a high-level appointment in the railway board and subsequent investigations showed the scam was leading right up to the minister's door.
Kumar came in the line of fire for having interfered in the ongoing CBI probe into Coalgate, which led to the washout of the second half of the budget session with the Opposition demanding the PM's resignation and the sacking of the law minister.
