Rajasthan Advocate General hands resignation to Kalyan Singh

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.)