Blagojevich aide Bedi resigns state job

An aide to Rod Blagojevich with fundraising ties to the former governor has resigned from the state's Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that Rajinder Bedi resigned his post effective April 30 after Quinn decided Bedi's job would end this month.

Quinn says he wants to move in a different direction with the state's Office of Trade and Investment, where Bedi was managing director.

Bedi has been identified as attending a Blagojevich fundraiser in December that also was attended by a brother of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

A congressional ethics board is investigating Jackson's contacts with Blagojevich, who's charged with attempting to sell President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Jackson isn't accused of wrongdoing.