Rajasthan Advocate General hands resignation to Kalyan Singh
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Rajasthan Advocate General Narpat Mal Lodha resigned from the post-Wednesday after the BJP lost the assembly elections in the state, officials said.
Lodha handed over his resignation to Governor Kalyan Singh, a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said.
The Congress emerged as the single-largest party in Rajasthan in Tuesday's vote count, winning 99 seats. It's allied Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) won one seat for a total of 100 seats -- the required number to form a government.
The BJP got 73 seats, and the Bahujan Samaj Party won 6 seats. The CPI(M) got two seats, Independents won 13 and other parties got 6, according to the state Election Commission.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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