Swapan Dasgupta tenders resignation as Rajya Sabha member

Nominated Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta on Tuesday tendered his resignation from the upper house of Parliament after being named as a BJP candidate in the West Bengal assembly electionsDasgupta who became a Rajya Sabha member on April 25 2016 has been named by the saffron party as its candidate from Tarakeshwar constituency in the pollbound stateI have resigned from the Rajya Sabha today to commit myself totally to the fight for a better Bengal I hope to file my nomination as BJP candidate for the Tarakeshwar Assembly seat in the next few days Dasgupta said on TwitterSources said he has urged the Chairman of Rajya Sabha to accept his resignation with effect from WednesdayAsked about his resignation Dasgupta told PTI I have always said whatever necessary steps will have to be taken will be done by me before I submit my nomination papers for West Bengal pollsHis term as Rajya Sabha member was till April 24 2022His resignation came after Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra raised objections to Dasgupta being named as a BJP candidate for the upcoming Assembly polls in West BengalSwapan Dasgupta is BJP candidate for WB polls 10th Schedule of Constitution says nominated RS member to be disqualified if he joins any political party AFTER expiry of 6 months from oath He was sworn in April 2016 remains unallied Must be disqualified NOW for joining BJP Moitra tweeted last nightFollowing up on my previous tweet Rajya Sabha website as of today says Swapan Dasgupta is nominated amp not formally BJP If he files nomination as BJP candidate he should be disqualified according to the Constitutions 10th Schedule Para 2 3 she also tweetedShe also claimed that Dasgupta should either resign RS now or be disqualified and said he has no safety netAccording to the tenth schedule of the Constitution a nominated member of a house can join a political party before the expiry of six months from the date on which he takes his seat after complying with requirements of Article 99 or as the case may be Article 188A nominated member of a house shall be disqualified for being a member of the house if he joins any political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which he takes his seat after complying with the requirements of article 99 or as the case may be article 188 the rule saysThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever