Gujarat Cong Suspends 5 MLAs Who Resigned Ahead of RS Polls

With this, the strength of the Congress party in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly has come down to 68 from 73.

Another Congress MLA in Gujarat has resigned ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls in the state, taking the tally of legislators who have quit the party to five, PTI reported on Monday, 16 March.

Following this, the Congress in Gujarat suspended the MLAs with immediate effect. The opposition party also suspended from the primary membership the wife of one of these MLAs after she claimed her husband quit due to infighting in the Congress for Rajya Sabha seats.

Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi informed the House on Monday that five Congress MLAs have resigned and he has accepted their resignations.