Gujarat Assembly Deputy Speaker Jethabhai Bharwad resigns

Gujarat Assembly Deputy Speaker Jethabhai Bharwad resigned from his station connected Thursday, citing his “busy schedule” and different responsibilities, the State authorities said successful a release.

Bharwad, accompanied by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and State BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma, handed implicit his resignation to Speaker Shankar Chaudhary astatine the latter’s authoritative residence successful Gandhinagar, said the release.

Chaudhary has accepted the resignation, it said.

Bharwad (75), who besides goes by the sanction Jethabhai Ahir, is simply a six-time MLA from Shehra constituency successful Panchmahal district.

The seasoned BJP MLA was elected arsenic the Deputy Speaker for the archetypal clip successful September 2021 and was re-elected to the station aft the Assembly elections successful 2022.