TOI-OnlineSenior Congress MLA Bhagwan Barad on Wednesday resigned as a legislator and primary member in Gujarat, with reports saying he is set to join the BJP.
This is the second in as many days for the opposition Congress ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, with tribal leader Mohansinh Rathva resigning as MLA a day earlier.
Barad, who represents the Talala seat in Gir Somnath district, sent his resignation letter to Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor and also handed it over to Speaker Nimaben Acharya, PTI reported.
Barad told reporters in Gandhinagar that he consulted his supporters and will join the BJP without any pre-condition of a poll ticket.
Rathva, a prominent tribal leader, too had announced he would not seek a poll ticket but wanted the party to field his son Rajendrasinh Rathva from his Chhota Udaipur (ST).
Gujarat will vote in two phases on December 1 and 5, and votes will be counted on December 8.
( With PTI reports)
This is the second in as many days for the opposition Congress ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, with tribal leader Mohansinh Rathva resigning as MLA a day earlier.
Barad, who represents the Talala seat in Gir Somnath district, sent his resignation letter to Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor and also handed it over to Speaker Nimaben Acharya, PTI reported.
Barad told reporters in Gandhinagar that he consulted his supporters and will join the BJP without any pre-condition of a poll ticket.
Rathva, a prominent tribal leader, too had announced he would not seek a poll ticket but wanted the party to field his son Rajendrasinh Rathva from his Chhota Udaipur (ST).
Gujarat will vote in two phases on December 1 and 5, and votes will be counted on December 8.
( With PTI reports)
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