Rajya Sabha accepts BSP chief Mayawati's resignation

She resigned from Rajya Sabha hours after she threatened to quit for restricting her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh in the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday accepted Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati's resignation as Member of Parliament (MP) on the fourth day of the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament.

Though Mayawati resigned on July 18, her resignation was not accepted as it did not follow the prescribed format.

She resigned from Rajya Sabha hours after she threatened to quit for restricting her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The debate over the rise in Dalit atrocities under the BJP regime in Uttar Pradesh, raised by Dalit leader and former UP chief minister Mayawati, caused a lot of pandemonium in the Rajya Sabha.

The leaders of BJP protested when Mayawati spoke about "atrocities against Dalits" in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur. Angry Mayawati had told the House that if she was not allowed to speak she would quit.

"I will resign from Rajya Sabha today," a visibly anguished Mayawati shot back when Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien asked her to wrap up her speech as she had exceeded the three minutes given to her to make her submission.

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