Facing FIR, Cong MLA submits resignation to Gehlot
India Today
Congress MLA Ganesh Ghogra has resigned over an FIR against him.
Congress leader Ganesh Ghogra sent his resignation as an MLA to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday, a day after a case was registered against him for creating ruckus in Dungarpur district, official sources said.
Such resignation letters need to be addressed to the assembly Speaker. Ghogra, however, addressed it to Gehlot, marking a copy to Speaker C P Joshi.
In his resignation letter, Ghogra said that despite being a ruling party MLA and the Youth Congress' state president, he was being neglected and his voice was being suppressed by the local administration and officers.
Sources in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said Ghogra's resignation letter has been received. The Dungarpur MLA, however, could not be contacted.
On Tuesday, Ghogra took part in a dharna outside the Panchayat Bhawan in Dungarpur while district administration officials, including the sub-divisional magistrate and tehsildar, were locked up inside, according to police.
The officials were locked up by a group of locals who were upset over the non-approval of leases they had applied for at a camp organised earlier as part of the 'Prashasan Gaon ke Sang' campaign.
The officials were released after the district collector intervened. The tehsildar filed a police complaint on Tuesday night.
