More than the Sudheendra Kulkarni article, it was Yashwant Sinha's resignation that hurt the party most. He has suggested that "all office-bearers of the party and the parliamentary party resign" and the posts be filled "through a process of election."

The BJP leader alleged, in his resignation letter, that "some people were determined to ensure that the principle of accountability does not prevail so that their own little perch is not disturbed."

Sinha sent the five-page letter to party president Rajnath Singh and copies to members of the BJP's core committee. The letter leaked to the media on Saturday afternoon minutes before Singh was to address the press.

Without naming names, Sinha attacked the elevation of Arun Jaitley in disregard of the fact that the just-named Leader of Opposition was in charge of the party's LS campaign. Sinha also obliquely attacked Jaitley's factional rival, Rajnath Singh for trying to sweep defeat under the carpet.