Free me from humiliation: Rajasthan minister seeks to step down in plea to CM Gehlot
India Today
In an emotional post, Rajasthan minister Ashok Chandna has sought to be relieved from his post over the conduct of Kuldeep Ranka, CM Ashok Gehlot’s principal secretary.
In a plaintive appeal to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan minister Ashok Chandna has sought to be relieved from his post over the conduct of Kuldeep Ranka, the CM’s principal secretary.
Without elaborating on his differences with Ranka, Chandna said the principal secretary should be handed his portfolios as he apparently considers himself the "minister of all the departments".
"I request the honourable chief minister to relieve me of this humiliating ministerial post and give the charge of all my departments to Kuldeep Ranka ji. He is anyway the minister of all the departments," he tweeted in Hindi.
Ashok Chandna, the MLA from Bundi, is the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Disaster Management and Relief in Rajasthan.
Underplaying Chandna’s outburst, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, “He [Chandna] is under a lot of work pressure. He might have come under tension and made a statement, we should not take it seriously. I am yet to speak to him.”
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The development comes just days ahead of Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan and indicates a schism within the party ranks.
