BJP leader Birender Singh resigns from Rajya Sabha

Former Union minister and BJP leader Birender Singh has resigned from his Rajya Sabha membership, according to an official communique issued on Tuesday. His resignation has been accepted by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, it said.

Singh was a member of Council of States from Haryana and his membership was due to end on August 1, 2022. He became a member of Upper House of Parliament for third time on August 2, 2016.

"Chaudhary Birender Singh, an elected member of Council of States (Rajya Sabha), representing state of Haryana, resigned his seat in Rajya Sabha and his resignation has been accepted by chairman, Rajya Sabha, with effect from January 20, 2020," communique from Rajya Sabha Secretariat stated.

He first became a member of Upper House on August 2, 2010, and had resigned on August 28, 2014.

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Singh had switched over to BJP from Congress ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections and again became a member of Rajya Sabha from vember 29, 2014.

His resignation came after his son Brijendra Singh, a former bureaucrat, became an MP. BJP's Brijendra Singh represents Hisar constituency in Lok Sabha.

Birender Singh's wife Prem Lata, a former MLA from Uchana Kalan, had unsuccessfully contested Haryana assembly elections last year and was defeated by Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala.

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