New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B S Koshiyari, who is pressurizing the party to sack Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri, on Friday withdrew his resignation from the Rajya Sabha after being persuaded to stay on.
Koshiyari sent his resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairperson Hamid Ansari on Wednesday to build pressure for Khanduri’s removal.
“Koshiyari today (Friday) met the Rajya Sabha chairman and apprised him of his decision to withdraw his resignation and requested him to return the letter (of resignation) that he had given," BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters after the meeting.
Ansari had called Koshiyari for a meeting as per the convention that the resignation of an MP is accepted only after a meeting with the chairman of the house.
The BJP convinced Koshiyari to withdraw his resignation and work for resurrecting the party in Uttarakhand before the 2012 assembly election.
BJP sources said the central leadership wanted to maintain status quo under which Khanduri would continue as chief minister while Koshiyari would remain in Rajya Sabha. Khanduri had offered to quit after BJP failed to win any of the five Lok Sabha seats in the state.
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