AdvertisingIn the letter, Kataria said he is “sacrificing” his ministerial post — the Congress failed to win a single seat from Rajasthan. He said he has sent his resignation to the Governor’s office through the office of the Chief Minister. Cooperative Minister Udaylal Anjana said there is “talk in the town that the Chief Minister (Gehlot) would have been able to work more in other constituencies had he been free.” Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Ramesh Chand Meena warned that the defeat “should not be taken lightly”. The assembly segment falls under the Jaipur Rural Parliamentary constituency, where the party’s Lok Sabha candidate Krishna Poonia lost to Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore by 3,93,171 votes. The Chief Minister’s son Vaibhav Gehlot lost by over 2.7 lakh votes to BJP leader and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

Source: Indian Express May 27, 2019 23:15 UTC