Congress’ Lok Sabha fiasco hits Gehlot Cabinet: Speculation over Agri Min resigning

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    Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria. (File Photo)

    The grand old party’s “humiliating” defeat hits CM Ashok Gehlot’s cabinet as state agriculture minister Lalchand Kataria’s resignation doing the rounds on social media. Speculations are high about senior Congress leader Lalchand Kataria quitting as the Agriculture Minister of Rajasthan, even though the Chief Minister’s Office did not confirm the development.

    According to some news websites, Kataria’s resignation came out after Rahul Gandhi allegedly slammed Ashok Gehlot along with MP CM Kamalnath and former finance minister P. Chidambaram for prioritizing their sons for the campaigns.

    In a purported press release, Kataria said he resigned from the Ashok Gehlot cabinet in the wake of the Congress party’s poor performance in the state in the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress lost all 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the general elections. The BJP won 24 and its ally Rashtriya Loktantrik Party one seat in the Congress-ruled state.

    Kataria said he was forwarding his resignation to Governor Kalyan Singh through the CM. When contacted, the Chief Minister’s Office told PTI, “We refuse to confirm the resignation.”

    Sources at the Raj Bhawan also did not confirm the resignation. “There is no confirmation on this,” said a source. Kataria could not be contacted for comments as his official phone was unreachable.

    The tremendous mandate to the Bharatiya Janata party evoked in-house fights parties like Congress, Trinamool Congress, and BSP. To begin the series, Congress President Rahul Gandhi offered his resignation soon after Lok Sabha election 2019. The same was followed by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee after getting a shocker from West Bengal people.

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