Congress MLA resigns from Rajasthan House

Hemaram Choudhary belongs to the Sachin Pilot camp

Senior Congress MLA and former Minister Hemaram Choudhary, who belongs to the camp of former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, on Tuesday resigned from the Rajasthan Assembly. Mr. Choudhary, 73, elected from the Gudamalani constituency in Barmer district, requested Speaker C.P. Joshi to accept his resignation “with immediate effect”. Mr. Choudhary was among the 18 MLAs of the ruling party who, along with Mr. Pilot, had staged a rebellion in July last year and created a political turmoil in the State. There was no immediate threat to the Congress government’s stability after Mr. Choudhary put in his papers, as the party had 105 MLAs in the 200-member Assembly and it also enjoyed the support of Independents and smaller parties.