Shankarsinh Vaghela resigns as member of Gujarat legislative assembly

Veteran leader Shankarsinh Vaghela on Wednesday resigned as a member of Gujarat legislative assembly. Vaghela had already revolted against Congress party earlier. He resigned from the Congress party on July 21.

Two days after quitting the Congress, veteran leader and former Chief Minister of Gujarat Shankarsinh Vaghela resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly. Vaghela send his resignation letter to party president Sonia Gandhi.

Vaghela, in his resignation letter alleged that some party leaders were conspiring against him ahead of the Assembly polls and this forced him to take such a decision. The elections are expected to take place in the state in December.

The former Chief Minister had quit the party at a public gathering of his supporters on his 77th birthday on July 21. He joined the Congress in 1998 and claimed that just like some party leaders conspired against him in 2009, when he lost Godhara (Panchmahal) Lok Sabha seat, similar attempts were made to oust him from the party in recent times.

Vaghela had been at loggerheads with the Congress leadership for quite some time over his demand that he be projected as the chief ministerial face in the poll-bound state. He had been contending that if he was projected as the CM candidate in the polls, the party would be able to take on the BJP effectively in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state.