Hyderabad, June 30 -- Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh resigned from the party on Monday, expressing shock and disappointment over reports that Ramchander Rao is set to be appointed as the new BJP state president for Telangana.

"I write this letter with a heavy heart and deep concern. As per media reports, Shri Ramchander Rao is set to be appointed as the new BJP State President for Telangana. This decision has come as a shock and disappointment, not just to me, but to lakhs of Karyakartas, leaders, and voters who have stood by the party through every high and low," Raja Singh said in his resignation letter addressed to G Kishan Reddy, President of the BJP Telangana unit.

He said that at a time when the BJP stands...