Rajasthan: BJP wants Speaker to accept resignations of Gehlot loyalists

The Opposition BJP in Rajasthan on Tuesday requested Assemby Speaker CP Joshi to accept the resignation of Congress MLAs and ministers which they had submitted last month over their party high command's probable move to make Sachin Pilot the chief minister.

A delegation led by the Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria handed over a representation to the Speaker at his residence.

If the resignations are not accepted, Kataria said the Congress MLAs should withdraw them and apologise to the people.

According to Kataria, 91 Congress MLAs, including ministers, had submitted their resignation to the Speaker on September 25 after they boycotted the legislature party meeting and held a parallel meeting at Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal's residence.

Kataria said three weeks have passed since then and the resignation letters are under the Speaker's consideration.

"The BJP Legislature Party requests you to accept the resignation letters of the MLAs given voluntarily or the