In a major setback to the Congress in Gujarat ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress legislator and OBC leader Alpesh Thakor resigned from the party on April 10. In his resignation letter addressed to the State party chief Amit Chavda, Mr. Thakor said he was betrayed by the party.
Mr. Thakor won the Assembly polls in 2017 from OBC-dominated Radhanour seat in North Gujarat.
He had joined the Congress party ahead of the Assembly polls in 2017 in the presence of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
“There have been betrayals, no honour or dignity in the party. I have decided to resign from the party as asked by Thakor Sena, our community’s social outfit,” Mr. Thakor stated in the letter. According to him, the ultimatum of a community outfit the Thakor Sena was final.
On April 9 night, the Thakor Sena asked Mr. Thaor and other legislator Dhavalsinh Jhala to resign from the Congress after the party ignored their demands for Lok Sabha tickets to Thakor Sena leaders in Patan, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha Lok Sabha seats in North Gujarat.
