Hyderabad, June 12 -- Former state health minister and senior member of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), Eatala Rajender on Saturday tendered his resignation from the legislative assembly.

In a note addressed to the speaker of the Telangana state assembly Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy, Eatala said that he would give up his seat in the assembly with immediate effect. Eatala represented the Huzurabad constituency, in the now Warangal (urban) district for three terms.

He served as the finance minister during KCR's first term. In the second term, he was made the health minister.

Eatala had resigned from the TRS party last week, questioning his ousting from the state cabinet based on unconfirmed allegations of land grabbing. Addressing med...