SP MP from Kaiserganj resigns from Lok Sabha, likely to join BJP

Samajwadi Party MP from Kaiserganj Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, who is all set to join BJP, resigned from Lok Sabha on Friday.

In his letter to Speaker Meira Kumar, Singh said that he had contested 15th Lok Sabha elections on SP ticket "but the party has diverted from development agenda and failed to maintain communal harmony after forming government in Uttar Pradesh."

Singh alleged that government has no say on its machinery and "due to the present scenraio, he was resigning for his Lok Sabha membership."

Singh is likely to join BJP, the party which he had earlier represented in Lok Sabha, sources said.