Congress MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa on Wednesday resigned from the post of chairman of Rajasthan SC Commission moments after being denied a ticket for upcoming assembly elections.
"I am giving my resignation because I kept asking but the CM did not give statutory status to the SC Commission. I want to request high command that if government is formed, this guarantee should be added. It is not a new thing to not get a ticket for assembly elections. Maybe this is the gift of speaking the truth... We were among those people who were loyal (to the party). I do support Sachin Pilot. He is young and capable," Bairwa added.
However, playing down the matter, the Congress MLA said, "We got a gift. Those who resigned on September 25 and we were not among them. There is no anger for the party. I will talk to the high command. My crime is that I speak the truth..."
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7 incumbent MLAs denied tickets
The Congress on Tuesday named 61 more candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, including its national spokesperson Gourav Vallabh and Manvendra Singh, who switched over from the BJP. While Vallabh has been fielded from Udaipur, Singh has been nominated from Siwana. In the fourth and fifth lists of candidates released by the Congress on Tuesday, it has denied tickets to seven incumbent MLAs. The party has named 14 incumbent MLAs, including two Independent winners of the 2018 Assembly election and two more who won the polls on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) tickets and subsequently, joined the Congress. Johari Lal Meena (Rajgarh), Babu Lal (Kathumar), Khiladi Lal Bairwa (Baseri), Bharosi Lal (Hindaun) and Bharat Singh Kundanpur (Sangod) are among the incumbent MLAs who have been denied tickets by the Congress.
The names of Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Public Health Engineering Department Minister Mahesh Joshi and Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) Chairman Dharmendra Rathore, who were served show-cause notices for not adhering to the party high-command's orders, are still under consideration.
