BJP Bihar state president Dr CP Thakur resigns

BJP Bihar state president CP Thakur resigned from the post leading to a crisis in the party ahead of the Assembly elections on October 8, 2010. Dr Thakur was annoyed at the BJP leadership for allotting the Digha seat to ally JD(U).

"I have resigned from the post of the state BJP president. I have sent my resignation to party president Nitin Gadkari this morning," Thakur told reporters in Patna.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui