Ten BJP MPs who won in state elections resign from Lok Sabha

As many as 10 Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Members of Parliament (MP), who won in the state elections, resigned from the Parliament on Wednesday.

The 10 MPs include nine from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha.

BJP made a clean sweep victory in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, where a total of 12 MPs contested and won.


Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel will also resign from the Union Council of Ministers and submit their letter to the Prime Minister.

"After meeting BJP president JP Nadda, I have resigned as Lok Sabha MP. Soon, I will also resign from the Cabinet," said the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries of India.

Patel won the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections from Narsingpur constituency.

The MPs elected as MLAs earlier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP chief JP Nadda and are now meeting Lok Sabha Speaker to tender their resignations.

Two remaining leaders, Union Minister Renuka Singh and MP Mahant Balaknath, will also handover their resignations.

Diya Kumari, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Rakesh Singh are other MPs who quit.

(More to come)