Hyderabad, Dec 26 (Inditop.com) Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari resigned Saturday citing “health grounds” after allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal.

The 86-year-old Tiwari submitted his resignation to the president, official sources said.

The state government had also sent a report on the alleged scandal to the union home ministry.

ABN channel owned by Telugu daily Andhra Jyothi Friday showed explicit clippings purported to be of Tiwari involved in a sex romp. It claimed that the pictures were taken in the Raj Bhavan.