Kshatriya Thakor Sena asks Alpesh Thakor to leave from Congress

Ahmedabad, Apr 10 The Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena, an outfit floated by Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor, has chosen to severe its ties with the grand old party and asked the legislator to resign from it and clear his stand within 24 hours.

Speculations were rife that Thakor may stop the Congress as he was unhappy with the local party leadership.

Despite the fact that he was keen to contest from Patan Lok Sabha seat, the Congress chose former MP Jagdish Thakor over him.

The party also ignored Thakor Sena's demand for ticket to a member of the outfit from Sabarkantha Lok Sabha seat.

"The Thakor Sena, during the core committee meeting here late Tuesday night, passed a goals to severe ties with the Congress. We have not consulted Alpesh Thakor before taking this choice," Jagat Thakor, a member of the outfit, told reporters here.

"After the meet, we told him to make his stand obvious inside 24 hours. On the off chance that he needs to stay with the Congress, at that point he needs to leave the Thakor Sena. What's more, on the off chance that he needs to be with us, at that point he hosts to leave from the party and as a MLA," he said.

The Congress was "ignoring" the Thakor Sena while taking important decisions, including choice of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, he said.

Though Alpesh Thakor heads the outfit, he was present in the meeting.

After emerging as a prominent OBC leader in Gujarat, he joined the Congress before the 2017 Assembly polls and won from Radhanpur seat in Patan locale.

He as of late met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and passed on his disappointment against the working of the party's state leadership.

The OBC leader claimed his locale and supporters were feeling "cheated" and "ignored".

He also said that some "weak leaders" were in charge of party affairs in Gujarat, an apparent reference to state party president Amit Chavda.

The MLA couldn't be contacted for his comments in the matter.