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 Two more Congress MLAs quit in Gujarat, party continues to bleed ahead of RS poll

Two more Congress MLAs quit in Gujarat, party continues to bleed ahead of RS poll

| | 28 Jul 2017, 01:15 pm
Gandhinagar, July 28 (IBNS): Ahead of the Rajya Sabha poll in the state, Congress continues to lose ground in Gujarat as two more MLAs resigned from the party on Friday.

The two legislators who have stepped down are Mansihn Chauhan and Sanabhai Chaudhary.

The speaker of the Gujarat Assembly even stated that nine more MLAs from the Congress party are ready to resign.

In a major blow to the Congress after the resignation of Shankersinh Vaghela,  three of its senior legislators in the Gujarat Assembly resigned on Thursday.

One of the legislators who has quit is Balwantsinh Rajput, the Congress' chief whip in the assembly.

According to media reports, Rajput, who is Vaghela's close relative, is likely to be supported by the BJP.

The two other MLAs who have resigned a day ago are Tejashree Patel and PI Patel.

Within hours of resignation, the three MLAs who left Congress on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The BJP has already announced the names of party President Amit Shah and Union textile minister Smriti Irani for the RS poll to be held on August 8.

Image: Official Facebook page of Rahul Gandhi.

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