Annoyed with the inflow of opposition leaders into the BJP, Savli MLA Ketan Inamdar of BJP sent his resignation to assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary.

According to reports, the resignation has not been accepted yet.

After that, the efforts to convince the MLA picked up, where Jamnagar MLA and Vadodara’s district in-charge arrived at Savli to meet Inamdar.

He was also called to Gandhinagar for a meeting with party heads.

‘Determined to resign’: Ketan Inamdar

According to Inamdar, he made it clear that he will not withdraw his resignation. He had also resigned in 2020 but pulled it back after persuasion. Inamdar opined that the BJP is already strong and does not need to recruit members from other parties.

Inamdar claimed that the party workers are also upset with all the recruitment in the BJP.

CR Patil's reaction

Reacting to the resignation of the MLA, BJP state president CR Patil said, “No MLA will decide who is recruited in the party and who is not. That is for the party to decide, and only the rules of the party will be followed.”

Inamdar finds support

Sarpanchs of 14 villages of Savli taluka reached Ketan Inamdar’s residence with their resignations. The president, vice president and executive chairman of Savli Taluka Panchayat also resigned.

Notably, Kuldeep Singh Raulji, who contested the assembly against Inamdar and lost, joined BJP a few days back. Raulji was made in charge of the Dabhoi constituency.