New Delhi: APJ Abdul Kalam's grand nephew Haja Syed Ibrahim resigned from the BJP on Monday over the “failure” of the NDA government to convert the residence occupied by the former President into a knowledge centre.
APJ Syed Haja Ibrahim, who had joined BJP in 2012, resigned as vice-president of the minority wing of Tamil Nadu unit of BJP and the party's primary membership.
“It (setting up a knowledge centre) was the wish of not only the former President, but the entire nation. I am resigning my post as this centre has not been set up despite repeated requests. I am also resigning from the primary membership of BJP,” he said.
Ibrahim, in his letter to the party, said: "Our family and the Indian public requested the government to convert the house in Delhi where Dr Kalam lived to a National Knowledge Centre."
The No 10 Rajaji Marg bungalow in Delhi, occupied by Kalam till his death in July, has been allotted to Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma, a move which had drawn flak from various quarters. Delhi's ruling AAP had also criticised the government decision.
The governemt has justified the allotment and said that Sharma was the only minister who had not got a bungalow since the BJP government came to power in May last year.
