Summary:
Lucknow, Jan 23 (PTI) Ahead of the first-phase polling in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP MLA from Agra"s Fatehabad constituency, Jitendra Verma, resigned from the party and said that he has joined the Samajwadi Party.
Verma"s name did not figure in the list of candidates released by the BJP for the first phase of elections.
He was replaced by Chhotelal Verma.
In his two-line resignation letter sent to Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh, Verma wrote, "I am resigning from the primary membership of the BJP.
Kindly accept it." Speaking to PTI, he said, "There are many reasons why I left the BJP.
Even 15 days after I was denied ticket, the party leadership did not talk to me.