Former Gujarat Congress chief and ex-MLA Arjun Modhwadia together with the celebration’s former working president Ambarish Der joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) on Tuesday, a day after they stop the grand previous celebration.
The 2 leaders resigned on Monday expressing anguish over the celebration’s resolution to “boycott” Lord Ram temple consecration ceremony held in Ayodhya in January. Curiously, each leaders introduced their resolution to stop the Congress simply three days forward of the scheduled entry of Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Gujarat. Days earlier than Der and Modhwadia stop Congress, the celebration’s Rajya Sabha member and former Union minister Naran Rathwa joined the ruling BJP alongside together with his son and numerous supporters.
Modhwadia, who represented the Porbandar seat, submitted his resignation as an MLA to Gujarat meeting Speaker Shankar Chaudhary in Gandhinagar on Monday night.
The speaker’s workplace confirmed that the resignation has been accepted. One of many senior-most and most influential opposition leaders in Gujarat, Modhwadia, 67, was related to the Congress for practically 40 years. He had additionally served because the chief of the opposition and because the state unit president. He defeated BJP heavyweight Babu Bokhiria within the 2022 meeting elections. With Modhwadia’s resignation, the Congress’ efficient power within the 182-member meeting has come all the way down to 14.
Modhwadia is the third MLA of Congress to resign within the final 4 months after Chirag Patel and CJ Chavda, who stop in December and January, respectively. Der, 46, represented the Rajula meeting seat in Amreli district from 2017 to 2022 as a Congress MLA.
He had defeated BJP heavyweight Hira Solanki, the youthful brother of state minister Parshottam Solanki, within the 2017 elections. Forward of the 2022 Gujarat meeting polls, Der was assigned the cost of Congress working president. He remained on the submit regardless of shedding to arch-rival Hira Solanki within the elections.
