Gujarat's Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, shocked everyone when she posted her resignation letter on social networking site Facebook.

Anandiben Patel succeeded Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on May 22, 2014. In the letter Anandiben asked BJP to relieve her. She resigned after Patidar and Dalit protested in thestate.

Her resignation stated "enough time to the new incumbent to prepare for important events like the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat summit. For the last some time there has been a tradition in the party that those who attain the age of 75, voluntarily retires from the post. I will attain the age of 75 in November. Two months ago I had requested the party to relieve me from the post and today also through this letter, I request the party to relieve me of the post.”

Anandiben served as the Minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban development and Urban Housing, Disaster Management and Capital Projects in the Government of Gujarat from 2007 to 2014.

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BY M. DIVYA SRI