New Delhi, Dec 10 (IT): In a major blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Upendra Kushwaha, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief, has resigned as the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource and Development (HRD).

The decision to rest the endless speculations of him severing ties with National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came hours after Kushwaha said that he wil not attend the allies meeting today.

Upendra Kushwaha had been targeting the BJP after the latter refused to give it more than two seats to contest the Lok Sabha election 2019. The saffron party, however, went out of way to accommodate Nitish Kumar by agreeing that the BJP and the Janata Dal (United) would fight equal number of seats.

Kushwaha had been maintaining that the number of seats his party was offered was not respectable. He had even hinted at a "great threat" to the NDA if his party is not offered a respectable number of seats to contest the Lok Sabha elections 2019.