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(Pi Bureau)
New Delhi : Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati’s resignation was accepted today after she met Vice President Hamid Ansari, the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, and handed over a one-line handwritten note.
Mayawati resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after walking out of the house angrily and alleging that she was not being allowed to speak on what she called atrocities on Dalits. Her three-page resignation was not accepted, reportedly because it was not in the format required.
A resignation from Parliament must be “unconditional,” only stating the lawmaker’s intent to quit, explained officials in the Rajya Sabha secretariat. It must not contain explanations. Ms Mayawati’s resignation detailed the events that led to her angry walkout from the House and her decision to resign.
The BSP critics alleged that the veteran Parliamentarian would be well aware that her resignation would not be accepted, as it is not in the proper format and accusing her of political drama to regain her lost vote bank, her core vote base, that she remains their foremost champion after successive defeats in elections.
Earlier cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu had resigned from the Lok Sabha last year, his first resignation letter was not accepted – on the same grounds as he had written he was resigning on moral grounds. The next day, he had to send another letter without citing any reason for his resignation.
Same was the case with Amrinder Singh, now Chief Minister of Punjab, resigned from the Lok Sabha over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing agreement.
