In an interesting turn of events, Rajya Sabha chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari has rejected liquour baron's Vijay Mallya's resignation from the upper house on procedural grounds.
The resignation letter does not bear Mallya 's signature in original, it has been stated, citing the ground for rejection.
Mallya resigned as a member of the Rajya Sabha, several television news channels reported on Monday.
Mallya, 60, flew first class from Delhi to London on March 2 at a time when the government and mainly state-controlled banks are trying to recover $1.4 billion owed by his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines.
His resignation came exactly a week after a Parliamentary panel examining the matter related to his alleged loan default of over Rs 9,400 crore had unanimously favoured his expulsion from Rajya Sabha.
The Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha headed by veteran Congress leader Karan Singh, decided to give Mallya one week time to explain his conduct, which the members said is a procedural formality.
Asked whether the committee is unanimous in the view that Mallya should be expelled, Singh said, the committee is unanimous but we have to follow the procedures.