India, July 11 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday accepted the resignation of Telangana MLA T Raja Singh from the party's primary membership, nearly 10 days after he announced his exit. In an official letter, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh informed the Goshamahal MLA that his resignation had been approved by party president JP Nadda.

However, the party distanced itself from Singh's remarks criticising the appointment of N Ramchander Rao as the new Telangana BJP president.

"The contents mentioned by you are irrelevant and do not match the functioning, ideology and principles of the party," the letter stated.

Raja Singh submitted his resignation on June 30, citing dissatisfaction over reported internal decisions reg...