New Delhi, July 18 : Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati on Tuesday tendered her resignation as a Rajya Sabha member, hours after the Chair asked her to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur of Uttar Pradesh.
Mayawati met Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari this evening and handed over her resignation letter.”I met the chairman to hand over my resignation letter. It is not good that I cannot speak in the House on issues close to me… When I got up to speak, the government did not allow me to complete. Their members stood up and interfered.
It is not good,” she said after resigning. Sources in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said the decision on accepting Mayawati’s resignation lies with the Chairman. The format states that the resignation letter should be brief and should not mention the reasons. Earlier, an angry Mayawati attacked the Uttar Pradesh government under Yogi Adityanath over atrocities against Dalits.