Five MoS dropped from Union council of ministers
President Pranab Mukherjee, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of these ministers
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President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the newly sworn-in Cabinet minister Prakash Javadekar at the oath taking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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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First Published: Jul 05 2016 | 5:48 PM IST