BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Pratap Singh quits party; slams it over selection of LS poll nominees, graft

Bharatiya Janata Partys Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh Ajay Pratap Singh on Saturday resigned from the partys primary membership expressing displeasure over its process of selecting candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and slammed it for indulging in largescale corruptionHe claimed that corrupt people are getting protection in the BJP and the party has become an adda meeting place of political tradersSingh shared his resignation letter in a post on his official X account this morningI am resigning from the primary membership of the party he stated in his oneline letter addressed to BJP chief J P NaddaThe letter however did not mention any reason for quitting the partyTalking to reporters in Sidhi city Singh however levelled serious allegations against the party including of protecting corruptsThe Rajya Sabha member one of the aspirants for party ticket from Sidhi Lok Sabha seat also expressed displeasure over the process of ticket distributionThe party said the tickets will be allotted based on a survey of people but this policy did not reflect in the selection of candidates he allegedSingh said BJP has declared its candidate I have no opposition to any candidate but I have objection and disagreement with the selection system of the party I am not able to accept it All this has been reflected in my resignation letterIn the past 1520 years the BJP has been in power in Madhya Pradesh and for 10 years at the CentreI felt several things in the party during this period I couldnt say them when by staying in the party but I can say those things now Corruption is prevailing in the party on a large scale Corrupt persons are getting protection on a large scale Politics have become a medium of businessRather we can say that the party has become an adda of political traders Singh allegedHe said that earlier the BJP used to be known for tyag tapasya aur balidan sacrifice and penance but the party can no more boast of thatSingh alleged that development didnt take place in Sidhi despite promisesThe slogan of Viksit Bharat developed India is hollow My commitment is for the people of SidhiSingrauli I have decided to give my remaining life to them he saidThe Rajya Sabha member said he found the BJP is not suitable to achieve his aim of serving people so he decided to resign from the partyI didnt find BJP suitable so I am resigning from the party he saidSingh was nominated to the Upper House of Parliament by the BJP in March 2018 His tenure as a Rajya Sabha member will end on April 2 However he was not renominated by the partySingh was an aspirant of party ticket from Sidhi but the BJP has fielded Rajesh Mishra from thereThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever