In a huge setback to the Gujarat Congress ahead of the Assembly election, its senior tribal leader and three-time legislator Ashwin Kotwal has resigned from the party as well as from the Assembly and to join the BJP.
Mr. Kotwal submitted his resignation as a Legislator to Assembly Speaker Nimaben Acharya.
After submitting his resignation, he drove to the State BJP headquarters to join the ruling party along with his supporters. He joined in the presence of State BJP chief C.R. Paatil, who inducted Mr. Kotwal and his supporters into the ruling party.
