Yogi, Parrikar to wait till presidential poll to quit Lok Sabha

March 22, 2017 08:26

Three BJP MPs, who have taken up coveted assignments in states, are unlikely to resign from Parliament until the presidential polls slated for July.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Aditya Nath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya are Lok Sabha MPs from Gorakhpur and Phulpur, respectively, whereas Manohar Parrikar, who took over as Goa CM, is a Rajya Sabha MP from UP. Another deputy CM in UP, Dinesh Sharma, has already resigned as mayor of Lucknow.

The three BJP functionaries will require to be elected within six months of their appointment, which will be due in September this year while the presidential polls are scheduled for July. "They will have to be elected from either House in the state within six months and they will have to resign from LS or RS within 14 days of their election. There is no hurry ... we have more serious issues than going for bypolls at this juncture," said a senior BJP member.

BJP sources said the party is now focused on the presidential polls as it will have a President of its choice after a thumping win in the recent assembly elections.

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