Opposition Congress legislators in Chhattisgarh have offered to resign en-masse from the state legislative assembly to force dissolution of the House and imposition of President rule in the wake of security lapses that led to Maoist ambush and death of Congress leaders on May 25.

Senior Congress leader and former Minister Mohammad Akbar said, the legislators offered to quit from the assembly at a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), which met at the residence of leader of the opposition Ravindra Choubey this evening.

Leader of the Opposition, Ravindra Choubey said, legislators view would now be communicated to the party high command.

AIR Correspondent reports that 24 legislators attended today’s CLP meeting.

Maoists had ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders on a parivartan yatra on May 25, killing 30 people, including state PCC chief Nandkumar Patel, senior tribal leader Mahendra Karma, and critically injuring senior leader and former Union Minister V C Shukla.

AIR Correspondent reports, Opposition Congress' boycott of all-party meet and now its legislators' offer to resign en masse from the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, is part of its strategy to mount pressure on the Raman Singh government.

Congress holds the BJP government responsible for the security lapses that led to the Maoist attack in Bastar.

The opposition party has clearly indicated that it would make the May 25 Maoist attack and the worsening law and order situation a major issue in the coming days as the assembly elections are scheduled to be held by the end of this year.