BJP MP Birender Singh resigns from Rajya Sabha

January 21: BJP MP from Hissar, Birender Singh has resigned from his Rajya Sabha membership, according to an official communique issued on Tuesday. His resignation has been accepted by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, it said.

Birender Singh’s tenure as MP was to end on 1 August, 2022. He had become a member of the Rajya Sabha for the third time on 2 August, 2016. He was also the former Union minister. Singh had switched over to the BJP from the Congress ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.