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Rajasthan: Hemaram Choudhary’s resignation a matter of concern, says Sachin Pilot | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: Congress leader and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Friday said senior legislator Hemaram Choudhary’s resignation is a matter of concern. “Choudhary is the seniormost MLA of the House. He has been a major contributor to Rajasthan and Congress politics. He had held the post of opposition leader. There is hardly any other example matching his simplicity, honesty and humility in the Congress. His resignation is a matter of grave concern,” Pilot told reporters here.
Pilot was responding to a question by media after attending a function organised to pay tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary at the party office here on Friday.
The six-time MLA from Gudamalani assembly seat of Barmer, Hemaram Choudhary, had sent his resignation to the state assembly Speaker on Tuesday. Choudhary was the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan assembly and also a former revenue minister. He did mention the reason for his resignation. Choudhary was among the 19 MLAs with Sachin Pilot camp who had rebelled against chief minister Ashok Gehlot last year.
Though these MLAs returned to the party fold after central leadership’s intervention, they are yet to be accommodated in the government or party organisation.
Following Hemaram Choudhary’s resignation, another MLA from the camp Ved Prakash Solanki on Wednesday alleged that the Congress workers in the state are demoralised as they were not given participation in governance. He called for decentralisation of power and said that party workers should be given more opportunities in governance. This is being seen as desperation within the Sachin Pilot camp over the delay in political accommodation as was promised by the party high command.
Though the Speaker has not yet decided on his resignation, Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra had said it was a party’s ‘family matter’ and would be resolved soon.
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Pilot was responding to a question by media after attending a function organised to pay tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary at the party office here on Friday.
The six-time MLA from Gudamalani assembly seat of Barmer, Hemaram Choudhary, had sent his resignation to the state assembly Speaker on Tuesday. Choudhary was the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan assembly and also a former revenue minister. He did mention the reason for his resignation. Choudhary was among the 19 MLAs with Sachin Pilot camp who had rebelled against chief minister Ashok Gehlot last year.
Though these MLAs returned to the party fold after central leadership’s intervention, they are yet to be accommodated in the government or party organisation.
Following Hemaram Choudhary’s resignation, another MLA from the camp Ved Prakash Solanki on Wednesday alleged that the Congress workers in the state are demoralised as they were not given participation in governance. He called for decentralisation of power and said that party workers should be given more opportunities in governance. This is being seen as desperation within the Sachin Pilot camp over the delay in political accommodation as was promised by the party high command.
Though the Speaker has not yet decided on his resignation, Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra had said it was a party’s ‘family matter’ and would be resolved soon.
Watch Rajasthan: Hemaram Choudhary’s resignation a ‘Congress family matter’
