A day after his letter to party president Rajnath Singh rattled the BJP,senior leader and Hazaribagh MP Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said it felt like getting the load off my chest after quitting all the party posts but made it clear that he will remain in the party. He said he was happy that his resignation has been accepted. I will not say anything more. I will not give any opportunity to the party high command to gag me, Sinha said when asked about his future plans. I had sent my resignation to be accepted. Therefore Im happy that my resignation has been accepted, the former Union Minister said at his residence here. However,Sinha said he will continue to be in the BJP. Quoting from his four-page letter,he said he would continue to serve as a party worker. I will serve as a BJP worker,and that is my promise. He had on Saturday quit all party posts,charging the leadership with not taking responsibility for the poll debacle in what was seen as criticism of L K Advani and Rajnath Singh. Sinha,who was apparently upset over the partys chief election strategist Arun Jaitley being made the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha,said in the letter: It is difficult to avoid the impression that in the BJP we put a premium on failure. I have started visiting panchayats to know the local-level problems so that I could address them on priority, Sinha said. The former External Affairs and Defence minister had in his letter raised questions over the leaderships reluctance to introspect comprehensively and openly the electoral defeat that has shaken the party. Sinha,who had raised the banner of revolt against Advani in 2005 during the Jinnah controversy,said I am getting a sinking feeling that once again there is a conspiracy of silence. We are shying away from pin-pointing our weaknesses and fixing responsibility.
