<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the Congress MLA Chirag Patel submitted his resignation as a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly today. Patel who represented the Khambhat seat handed over his resignation to the state Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary in Gandhinagar today. </span><br />''<br />''With this, the strength of Congress MLAs in the 182-member assembly has come down to 16.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Patel who was the first-time MLA, had defeated BJP leader Mahesh Raval in Khambhat by a margin of nearly 3,700 votes in the assembly polls held last year.</span><br />