Gujarat: Independent MLA declares support to BJP
December 22, 2017
Gandhinagar: An independent MLA in Gujarat has declared his support to the BJP, which has retained power in the state.
Lunawada MLA Ratansinh Rathod wrote to Gujarat Governor O P Kohli declaring his support to the BJP and also came to BJP headquarters here to participate in the meeting of its newly elected MLAs to elect their leader.
“I have declared unconditional support to BJP,” Rathod told reporters here.
“I have given outside support and as of now I have not joined the BJP,” he said in reply to a question.
In his letter to the governor, Rathod has said he extends his unconditional support to the BJP government.
Rathod was a Congress member of Mahisagar district panchyat.
“I had asked for ticket from the Congress party, but they did not gave it so I had to contest as an independent,” Rathod said.
Rathod is one of the two independent MLAs who have won in the recently concluded assembly polls.
The BJP retained power by winning 99 seats in the 182- member Assembly while the Congress bagged 77 seats.
Recent Stories
- ACB Gujarat nabs In-charge Jail Superintendent in bribery case
- List of Outcomes: Visit of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez to India
- Gujarat govt appoints IPS Hasmukh Patel as Chairman of GPSC
- Railways restrict platform ticket sales at Ahmedabad, Asarwa, Sabarmati stations
- Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez visits Parul University in Vadodara
- First ‘Make in India’ C295 to roll out of Vadodara FAL in Sept 2026; 40 aircraft by August 2031
- PM Modi launches ₹4,800 crore development projects in Amreli