The term of the BJP's last MP in the Lok Sabha ended in 2014. It last had an MLA in any state or UT assembly in 2019 and its last Rajya Sabha MP is set to resign on July 7.
The decision on Naqvi comes after the Uttar Pradesh elections where the Yogi Adityanath government s Shia Muslim minister Mohsin Raza was dropped and Danish Azad Ansari, a Sunni OBC, was appointed minister in the state council.