Have decided to hang my boots in electoral politics, don't want post-retirement job: Birender Singh

Union minister Birender Singh, whose son is making his poll debut from Haryana's Hisar seat, said the BJP is yet to decide on his resignation but he has decided to hang his boots in electoral politics and don't want any "post-retirement" assignment.

The veteran Jat leader, who ended his decades-old association with the Congress before the 2014 general election, also said there is no scope for reemergence of the grand old party.

The Union steel minister and Rajya Sabha MP on April 14 offered to resign from the two posts, citing BJP's "anti-dynasty politics" stand, after his son, Brijendra Singh, was fielded as the party's candidate from Hisar, the industrial hub of Haryana.

"I have done what I should have done but the party leadership has not taken any call yet," the 73-year-old leader told PTI in an interview.

"We are in the middle of an election, sometimes resignations can be seen otherwise too, but I have made it very clear that I am ready to relinquish both the posts," he asserted.

The grandson of Chhotu Ram, the illustrious farmer leader, said BJP's plank has "always been anti dynasty". "And as far as my dynasty is concerned, it is about 100 years old."