Ten BJP MPs, including CM probables, who won MLA seats resign from Parliament

The resignations were procedural as the Constitution does not allow an individual to function both as a Member of Parliament and Legislative Assembly of a state.

Written by India News Desk

December 6, 2023 15:47 IST

Ten BJP MPs, including CM hopefuls, who won MLA seats resign from Parliament

Ten of the 12 BJP MPs who have seats in the recently held Assembly elections have resigned from the Parliament. (Image: Sansad TV)

Ten of the 12 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel, resigned from the Parliament on Wednesday after winning seats in the recently held Assembly elections.

The resignations were procedural since the Constitution does not allow an individual to function both as a Member of Parliament and Legislative Assembly of a state.

Prahlad Singh Patel, who is, for now, Minister of State for Food Processing, told news agency ANI, “I have resigned as MP and will resign from cabinet soon.”

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Former Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries of India Prahlad Singh Patel, Lok Sabha MPs Rakesh Singh, Uday Pratap and Riti Pathak are the MPs have resigned from the post after winning from Madhya Pradesh.

Meanwhile, Lok Sabha MPs Arun Sao and Gomati Sai resigned after securing wins in Chhattisgarh. Lok Sabha MPs Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Diya Kumari and Rajya Sabha MP Kirori Lal Meena have also resigned after securing wins in Rajasthan.

As of now, a total of ten MPs have resigned. Two other MPs Baba Balaknath and Renuka Singh, who have won the Assembly elections, did not come to the House today. BJP President JP Nadda led the delegation of these MPs during the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.

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Many of the BJP leaders who quit Parliament today are believed to be in the race to become chief ministers of the three states the party won on Sunday – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The BJP fought the polls using the strength of the party organisation and the charisma of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The party did not project any Chief Ministerial candidate in any of the poll-bound states.

However, their resignations have ramped up speculation the party could make these announcements soon.

The BJP – which routed the Congress in three states and was beaten in two others – fielded 21 MPs, including five union ministers, across the five elections held last month. The party had seven MPs each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, four in Chhattisgarh, and three in Telangana.

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None of the BJP’s big faces in Telangana managed a win. Three BJP MPs lost in Rajasthan, two in Madhya Pradesh, and one in Chhattisgarh.

In Madhya Pradesh, Patel and Tomar are in the race to head the government, meanwhile, in Rajasthan, Baba Balaknath, Kirori Lal Meena, and Diya Kumari are among the big names in the race to succeed Ashok Gehlot in the top post.