Bureaucrat-turned-politician and former Union minister, RK Singh, who was MP from Arrah in Bihar for two terms, resigned from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday after he was issued a show-cause notice saying he was being “suspended” for “anti-party” activities. Besides Singh, Bihar BJP’s state headquarters in-charge Arvind Sharma issued notices to BJP Legislative Council member Ashok Agarwal and his wife, Katihar Mayor Usha Agarwal, both of whom had canvassed for their son Saurabh contesting the Katihar Assembly seat on a Vikassheel Insan Party ticket, informing them of their suspension and asking them to explain within a week why they shouldn’t be expelled from the party.&nbsp;“You are indulging in anti-party activities. This falls within the scope of discipline. The party has taken this seriously. This has caused harm to the party. Therefore, as directed, you are being suspended from the party and asked to explain why you should not be expelled from the party. Therefore, please clarify your position within a week of receiving this letter,” read the notice.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">मैंने पार्टी को अपना त्यागपत्र भेज दिया है। मेरे द्वारा प्रदेश कार्यालय को भेजे गए पत्र तथा माननीय राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष भाजपा को भेजा गया त्यागपत्र सलंग्न है। <a href="https://t.co/jmP8Qw17JA">pic.twitter.com/jmP8Qw17JA</a>&mdash; R. K. Singh (@RajKSinghIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/RajKSinghIndia/status/1989659079137268122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Bureaucrat-turned-politician and former Union minister, RK Singh shared his resignation letter to BJP national president JP Nadda on social media. He said in the letter that he was giving up the primary membership of the party following the letter issued by state headquarters.

Bureaucrat-turned-politician and former Union minister, RK Singh, who was MP from Arrah in Bihar for two terms, resigned from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday after he was issued a show-cause notice saying he was being “suspended” for “anti-party” activities. Besides Singh, Bihar BJP’s state headquarters in-charge Arvind Sharma issued notices to BJP Legislative Council member Ashok Agarwal and his wife, Katihar Mayor Usha Agarwal, both of whom had canvassed for their son Saurabh contesting the Katihar Assembly seat on a Vikassheel Insan Party ticket, informing them of their suspension and asking them to explain within a week why they shouldn’t be expelled from the party. “You are indulging in anti-party activities. This falls within the scope of discipline. The party has taken this seriously. This has caused harm to the party. Therefore, as directed, you are being suspended from the party and asked to explain why you should not be expelled from the party. Therefore, please clarify your position within a week of receiving this letter,” read the notice.

Bureaucrat-turned-politician and former Union minister, RK Singh shared his resignation letter to BJP national president JP Nadda on social media. He said in the letter that he was giving up the primary membership of the party following the letter issued by state headquarters.

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