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One of the founding members of India's main opposition BJP, LK Advani, says he is resigning from all party posts.
Mr Advani said most of the party's current leaders were "now concerned with their personal agendas".
Party president Rajnath Singh rejected the move and is trying to dissuade the veteran leader from resigning.
Reports say Mr Advani has been upset over the appointment of controversial party colleague Narendra Modi as head of the BJP's election committee.
At the weekend, he stayed away from the party convention in Goa where Mr Modi's elevation was finalised, saying he was unwell.
In his resignation letter to Mr Singh on Monday, Mr Advani said he was resigning from all the main organisations of the party, including the parliamentary board, the national executive and the election committee.
"For some time I have been finding it difficult to reconcile either with the current functioning of the party, or the direction in which it is going," he wrote in the letter.
"Most leaders of ours are now concerned just with their personal agendas," he added.
The 85-year-old politician is a founder member of the BJP and is considered the party patriarch.
Source: BBC News - LK Advani: India BJP leader quits all party posts
If there's no opposite party like BJP, we're doomed to INC forever.
Mr Advani said most of the party's current leaders were "now concerned with their personal agendas".
Party president Rajnath Singh rejected the move and is trying to dissuade the veteran leader from resigning.
Reports say Mr Advani has been upset over the appointment of controversial party colleague Narendra Modi as head of the BJP's election committee.
At the weekend, he stayed away from the party convention in Goa where Mr Modi's elevation was finalised, saying he was unwell.
In his resignation letter to Mr Singh on Monday, Mr Advani said he was resigning from all the main organisations of the party, including the parliamentary board, the national executive and the election committee.
"For some time I have been finding it difficult to reconcile either with the current functioning of the party, or the direction in which it is going," he wrote in the letter.
"Most leaders of ours are now concerned just with their personal agendas," he added.
The 85-year-old politician is a founder member of the BJP and is considered the party patriarch.
Source: BBC News - LK Advani: India BJP leader quits all party posts
If there's no opposite party like BJP, we're doomed to INC forever.
