BJP’s JP Nadda resigns from Rajya Sabha

BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP. A senior leader of the saffron party, Nadda represented the Himachal Pradesh seat in the Upper House, according to an official statement.

His resignation has been accepted by the Rajya Sabha Chairman.

This comes days after Nadda and three other BJP nominees — Jasvantsinh Parmar, Mayank Nayak and diamond baron Govindbhai Dholakia — were declared winners from Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha polls on February 20. Nadda was elected unopposed.