July 20, 2017
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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati's resignation was accepted today after she met Vice President Hamid Ansari, the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, with a second letter, a one-line handwritten note.
Mayawati resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after walking out of the house angrily and alleging that she was not being allowed to speak on what she called atrocities on Dalits. Her three-page resignation was not accepted, reportedly because it was not in the format required.
A resignation from Parliament must be "unconditional," only stating the lawmaker's intent to quit, explained officials in the Rajya Sabha secretariat. It must not contain explanations. Ms Mayawati's resignation detailed the events that led to her angry walkout from the House and her decision to resign.
The BSP chief's critics alleged that the veteran Parliamentarian would be well aware that her resignation would not be accepted, accusing her of political drama to demonstrate to Dalits, her core vote base, that she remains their foremost champion after successive defeats in elections.
More recently, when Amrinder Singh, now Chief Minister of Punjab, resigned from the Lok Sabha over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing agreement, he offered a lengthy thesis on why he was compelled to a quit. It was not accepted and he had to replace it with a one-line resignation.
"I simply wanted the Rajya Sabha Chair to pay attention to atrocities against the less fortunate sections of the society, especially Dalits. And as a representative, when I'm not being allowed to speak for them, I have no choice but to resign," she said, unmoved by requests from other opposition leaders to reconsider her decision to resign.
This followed a washout in the general election three years ago, with the BSP winning no seat.
Mayawati's Rajya Sabha term ends in April next year and getting re-elected from UP will be a tough task with her handful of lawmakers in the state.
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