Resignation letter fake, BJP is nervous: Solanki

Gandhinagar/New Delhi Nov 23 (IANS) Gujarat Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki on Thursday blamed the BJP for the "fake resignation letter with his signature going around" adding the state s ruling party were "rattled" by the Congress surging popularity.

"A fake resignation letter is going around on social media with my signature claiming that I have resigned from the presidentship of Gujarat Congres.

"It is completely fake and I have issued no such letter. I am a loyal soldier of the party and will always remain so " said Solanki in a statement adding that the BJP is "nervous and rattled by the surging popularity of Gujarat Congress".

"As people from all sections are coming together to root out its anti-people government so out of sheer desperation they are spreading such lies on social media to deflect from the real issues " he added.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Thursday replying to a question that on November 26 and 27 more than 50 union ministers will be campaigning in Gujarat said: "Everyone has the right to campaign. But this also reflects that they are very nervous rattled and frustrated."

--IANS
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