According to PTI, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigned from his position as Union Minister of Minority Affairs on Wednesday, July 6. One day before the end of his term in the Rajya Sabha, sources told the news agency that Union Minister RCP Singh has also submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The sources also said that PM Modi had praised Naqvi and Singh during the cabinet meeting earlier today for their contribution to the country during their tenure.
The terms of both Naqvi and Singh will come to an end on Thursday, hence the resignations submitted were to fulfil the constitutional obligation as they will cease to be parliamentarians from Friday.
BJP’s Naqvi is also the deputy leader of the Rajya Sabha, while Singh is a minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet from JD(U) quota.
In the recently-concluded Rajya Sabha elections, several BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have been elected to the Upper House. However, the party did not offer a Rajya Sabha ticket to Naqvi.
RCP Singh, a member of the BJP’s Bihar ally the JD(U), was sworn in as a minister in the NDA government on July 7, 2021. Notably, Nitish Kumar had denied RCP Singh a ticket to the Rajya Sabha elections.
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