Jaipur: BJP leader Kirodi Lal Meena resigned as Rajasthan Cabinet minister after the Party performed poorly in the constituencies under his watch in the Lok Sabha elections.
During the recent Lok Sabha polls, Kirodi Lal Meena had said he would quit as minister if the BJP loses any of the seven seats under his responsibility.
Meena said he resigned to keep his word. "There is no reason for resentment. I have resigned. I did not go to the recent Cabinet meeting because if I had resigned. I could go morally. I had also met the CM. He had respectfully said that he will not accept the resignation," he said on Thursday.
“Before the PM came to Dausa, I had said that if the (Dausa) seat is not won, I will leave the post of minister. Later, the PM spoke to me separately and gave me a list of 7 seats. I worked hard on 11 seats, more on 7. If the party loses even one seat out of those 7, I will leave the post of minister.”
Sharing a verse from the Ramcharitmanas on social media platform X, Meena said, “Raghukul Reeti Sada Chali Aai, Pran Jaai Par Bachan Na Jaai”.
Meena, who held the cabinet portfolio as agriculture, rural development, disaster management and relief minister, had pledged to resign from the post if the BJP lost any of the seven seats he had campaigned in the Lok Sabha elections. (with Agency inputs)
