Gujarat BJP MLA hours after quitting: "Considering taking back resignation"

Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ketan Inamdar tendered his resignation from the state assembly on Tuesday morning, only to announce hours later that he was considering taking it back after meeting senior state party leaders in Gandhinagar.

Ketan Inamdar, a three-time MLA from Savli in Vadodara district, emailed his resignation to assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary in the early hours, and said he was doing so after listening to his "inner voice," and that nothing was bigger than self-respect.

Talking to reporters later in the day in his assembly constituency, the legislator, who was re-elected in December 2022 for a third term, said ordinary and old-time workers have not been taken care of by the ruling party.

The MLA asserted his move was not a pressure tactic and maintained he will work to ensure the victory of BJP candidate Ranjan Bhatt from the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, where polling will take place on May 7.

He then rushed to the state capital Gandhinagar to meet Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil and in-charge minister for Vadodara Harsh Sanghavi.

After the meeting, Ketan Inamdar told media persons in the evening he has discussed certain issues with the state party leadership and was confident they will be resolved, and added he was considering withdrawing his resignation.