Another Gujarat Congress MLA resigns ahead of RS polls

AHMEDABAD: Ahead of the crucial

Rajya Sabha

polls in

Gujarat

on June 19, Congress MLA

Brijesh Merja

on Friday resigned from the

assembly membership

.


The Assembly secretariat confirmed that

Speaker Rajendra Trivedi

has accepted the resignation of Merja, who was elected from the Morbi seat.


He has become the third Congress legislator to quit in the last three days.

Before quitting as a legislator, Merja also resigned from the primary membership of the Congress.

Two other Congress MLAs, Akshay Patel and Jitu Chaudhary, resigned on Wednesday evening, Trivedi had said on Thursday.

Merja is the eight Congress MLA to quit the assembly membership since March.