2 Congress MLAs quit Gujarat assembly after voting in RS bypoll

AHMEDABAD: Congress MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala resigned from the Gujarat assembly, apparently after voting against the party candidates in the Rajya Sabha bypoll on Friday.
"I have cast my vote for honest national leadership that wants to take the country to new heights. I cast vote as per my inner voice," Thakor said after quitting the assembly.
"I got nothing other than mental stress being in Congress. I am free from that burden," the OBC leader said.
Voting for the bypolls to the two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat was held at the assembly complex in Gandhinagar.
While the BJP has fielded external affairs minister S Jaishankar and OBC leader Juglaji Thakor, the Congress has nominated Chandrika Chudasama and Gaurav Pandya.