New Delhi, Aug 31 - Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje of the BJP, who was Monday expected to submit her resignation as leader of opposition in the state assembly, appears reluctant to give in easily, conveying to the party leadership that she was unwell.

Raje, who is being blamed for the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) debacle in the Lok Sabha elections in the state and earlier in the assembly elections, had been summoned to Delhi after days of haggling in the wake of party chief Rajnath Singh asking her to quit.

The Rajasthan leader Monday sent her son Dushyant Singh to meet senior party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu, who is handling the 'Rajasthan crisis ' currently in the party.

A senior party leader, who is part of the efforts to defuse the ongoing crisis in Rajasthan unit of the party, told IANS: 'Vasundhara Raje has conveyed she is not well, probably she has viral fever; so she won't be able to meet party leaders and submit her resignation immediately.'

Dodging questions, Dushyant Singh, who met Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi, only said: 'Bas ram ram karne gaye the (It was just a courtesy call).