Kalyan Singh quits BJP, says he was humiliated

LUCKNOW: BJP vice-president and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh on Tuesday announced that he has resigned from all party
posts. ( Watch )

“I was being humiliated by the party. I have faxed my resignation to L K Advani and he must have received it by now,” Kalyan Singh said in a press conference.

He said he has never compromised with his dignity and will not do so in future as well. “I was feeling suffocated in the party,” Kalyam Singh said.

He said he will not form a new party and will not accept any other party’s membership.

“I am not resigning from active politics,” Kalyan Singh said.

He clarified that he never asked for party ticket for his son or some of his supporters.

Kalyan Singh said, “No one consulted me while preparing a poll candidates’ list for 80 constituencies. I just wanted Bulandshehr seat but they offered me ticket from Etah, which I have returned to party president Rajnath Singh.”

His decision to quit the party has come barely as day after Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh’s statement that Kalyan Singh’s son was welcome to fight Lok Sabha polls on SP ticket.

According to PTI, Kalyan Singh was once the Hindutva face of BJP and was the chief minister when the Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992.

He has been miffed with the party for nominating Ashok Pradhan, sitting MP from Bulandshahr seat. He has accused Pradhan of sabotaging his son Rajveer Singh's chances in the assembly elections two years ago from Diboi seat in Aligarh district.

BJP rejects allegations

BJP has however rejected Kalyan Singh’s allegations by stating that he has sided with the opponents.

“Kalyan Singh has joined hands with those who are our ideological opponents,” party leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said in a press conference.