BJP MLA resigns from party in poll-bound MP

In a blow to the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, Virendra Raghuvanshi, a sitting MLA from Kolaras Assembly constituency in Shivpuri district, resigned from the party on Thursday.

In his resignation letter, running into two pages, the MLA alleged corruption and factionalism in the party.

In his resignation letter, a copy of which is with ANI, the MLA wrote, "I am resigning from the primary membership of Bharatiya Janata Party as well as from the post of a special invitee member in the State Working Committee. Over the last three and a half years, I put forward my misgivings to the chief minister (Shivraj Singh Chouhan) and the top leadership on a number of occasions. But neither the CM nor the party seniors paid heed to the issues that I flagged."