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One-Man, One-Post: Jaitley Resigns as BJP’s General Secretary

Under fire from fellow party leaders for being appointed as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha despite party’s electoral debacle after his strategizing, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has stepped down as party’s General Secretary following one-man, one-post principle..

Jaitely, however, has not quit as leader of Rajya Sabha which enabled him to become the Leader of Opposition in the upper house.

According to BJP President Rajnath Singh, the resignation was tendered seven days ago when Jaitley left on holiday to London.

“In his resignation letter, Jaitley said he was resigning from the post of general secretary under the one-man, one-post rule of the party after his appointment as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha,” Singh said, adding that he has accepted it today.

In response to the query whether the resignation is related to Jaitley’s recent criticism by leaders like Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh, Rajnath said that it had nothing to do with the latest political development.

In a stinging letter to Singh, Sinha on Saturday had demanded that all the office-bearers should quit their posts accepting responsibility for the defeat. He had questioned the appointments to the parliamentary party posts, saying there seemed to a premium on failure in the party.

Jaswant Singh, another senior leader, had at a meeting of the Core Group last week, had said that there should have been a link between performance and rewards, in what was seen as an attack on Jaitley being nominated the Leader of the BJP in Rajya Sabha. 
The three-line resignation submitted by Jaitley stated that he was submitting his resignation as general secretary in keeping with the BJP’s principle of one-man, one post.

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