Shahid Siddiqui, the Nationwide Vice President of Rashtriya Lok Dal, tendered his resignation from the get together and its major put up, days after Jayant Chaudhary’s decision to join hands with the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections.
Clarifying his stance on resignation, Shahid Siddiqui mentioned, “when India’s Structure and democratic construction are in peril, remaining silent is a sin”.
“Yesterday, I despatched my resignation letter from the membership of Rashtriya Lok Dal and the put up of Nationwide Vice President to Nationwide President Shri Jayant Singh. At the moment, when India’s Structure and democratic construction are in peril, remaining silent is a sin. I’m grateful to Jayant ji however with a heavy coronary heart, I’m pressured to distance myself from RLD. India’s unity, integrity, improvement and brotherhood are expensive to all. It’s the duty and obligation of each citizen to reserve it,” Shahid Siddiqui wrote on X.
“Why I resigned now? Two causes. I didn’t need to resign instantly as I welcomed the Bharat Ratna accorded to Chaudhry Charan Singh Ji. I didn’t need to be seen opposing it. Secondly, the assault on elected Chief Ministers and Opposition events when elections have been introduced is an assault on Indian Democracy & the good establishments that we’ve got constructed,” he wrote in one other put up.
The event comes days after Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD joined the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) after Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced Bharat Ratna for his grandfather Chaudhary Charan Singh.
The RLD will contest two Lok Sabha seats, Baghpat and Bijnor, and has additionally been promised a Rajya Sabha seat for the upcoming polls.
Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD has pockets of affect in western Uttar Pradesh and the BJP will hope to achieve on this area that’s dwelling to the influential Jat group.
