Five Ministers of State, including Ram Shankar Katheria and Sanwar Lal Jat, were on Tuesday dropped from the Union council of ministers.
Katheria, Minister of State for Human Resource Development; Jat, MoS for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation; M K Kundariya, MoS for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Nihal Chand, MoS Panchayati Raj; and Mansukhbhai D Vasava, MoS for Tribal Affairs, have resigned.
President Pranab Mukherjee, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of these ministers, a press release issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

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