Congress MLA Ganesh Ghogra submits resignation to Ashok Gehlot

By PTI

JAIPUR: Congress chief Ganesh Ghogra despatched his resignation as an MLA to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday, a day after a case was registered towards him for creating ruckus in Dungarpur district, official sources mentioned.

Such resignation letters should be addressed to the meeting Speaker.

Ghogra, nonetheless, has addressed it to Gehlot, marking a duplicate to Speaker C P Joshi.

In his resignation letter, Ghogra mentioned that regardless of being a ruling occasion MLA and the Youth Congress’ state president, he was being uncared for and his voice was being suppressed by the native administration and officers.

Sources within the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) mentioned Ghogra’s resignation letter has been acquired.

The Dungarpur MLA, nonetheless, couldn’t be contacted.

On Tuesday, Ghogra took half in a dharna outdoors the Panchayat Bhawan in Dungarpur whereas district administration officers, together with the sub-divisional Justice of the Peace and tehsildar, have been locked up inside, in keeping with police.

The officers have been locked up by a bunch of locals who have been upset over the non-approval of leases that they had utilized for at a camp organised earlier as a part of the ‘Prashasan Gaon ke Sang’ marketing campaign.

The officers have been launched after the district collector intervened.

The tehsildar filed a police criticism on Tuesday night time.

A case was registered towards Ghogra and others at Dungarpur’s Sadar police station below sections 186 (voluntarily obstructs any public servant within the discharge of his public capabilities), 143 (illegal meeting), 342 (wrongful confinement), 347 (wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to unlawful act) and 353 (assault or legal power to discourage public servant from discharge of his responsibility) of the Indian Penal Code.

Hazari Lal Meena, Station House Officer of Sadar police station, mentioned 11 individuals, together with Ghogra, have been named within the FIR and 50-60 unidentified individuals have been booked.