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Rajasthan minister, 5-time lawmaker, quits BJP weeks before polls

  •   Tue, Nov 13 2018 10:47:12 AM

Jaipur, Nov 13(HT): A day after he was denied a ticket for the 2018 Rajasthan elections, state minister Surendra Goyal resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party today.

He submitted his resignation in a two-line letter to state BJP president Madan Lal Saini.

Goyal, a five-term MLA, was replaced by Avinash Gehlot from Jaitaran seat in Pali district, as per the first list of 131 BJP candidates released late Sunday night. Goyal , who holds the water resources portfolio, was the only minister in the Vasundhara Raje government who has been dropped so far.

 

He is likely to contest as an independent from the seat.

Elections to the 200-member Rajasthan assembly will be held on December 7.
  

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    CM Raje told during last assembly election campaign "If I become CM, I will put Vadra in jail within 24 hours"!

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    These defection do happen when there is no prospect of winning to the ruling party.

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    Rajasthan will be a keen contest between BJP & Congress, similar to Gujarat last year.
    Point to note is that from 1996 Rajasthan has alternating parties heading Govt and no party has won successively.

    Can Raje buck the trend from Modi's help?

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    Smart politician playing with wild card entry during election.
    Demand more powerful than supply.

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  • Navin Shetty, Manipal/ Bahrain

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    No need to rejoice guys, he's just a power hungry politician thats it. He wanted to contenst the elecetion but his name was removed from the list. I doint think congress will invite him, but AAP desperatly for sure.

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  • Deva, Pilar

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    Achhe Din...Sabka saath apna Vikaas.........

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    Writing is on the Wall ...

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    Must have become non-productive like Yeddurappa.
    Still such guys do not like to accept the fact and settle down from political life.

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    There is no room for non-productive guys in BJP!!!

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