Hinting at a possible rejig in the Union
Council of Ministers, ten out of 12 Bharatiya Janata Party Members of
Parliament from the three winning States – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh – led by party chief JP Nadda resigned from their Lok Sabha seats
on Wednesday.
The MPs who met the Speaker were
Narendra Tomar, Prahlad Patel, Riti Pathak, Rakesh Singh, Uday Pratap Singh
from Madhya Pradesh. From Rajasthan, the MPs who submitted their resignation
included Rajyavardhan Rathore, Kirodi Lal Meena and Diya Kumari, while Arun Sao
and Gomti Sai were the MPs from Chhattisgarh.
Reportedly, there was speculation about a possible rejig in the Union Council of Ministers.
The last major rejig in the Union council happened in July 2021 when 43 ministers, including 36 new faces, were inducted. The most recent change was in May when Minister of State Arjun Ram Meghwal replaced Kiren Rijiju as Law Minister. Rijiju was appointed as the Minister for Earth Sciences.
After resigning from his MP post, BJP
leader Prahlad Patel said, “After meeting BJP president JP Nadda, I have
resigned as Lok Sabha MP. Soon, I will also resign from the Cabinet.”
Patel won the Madhya Pradesh Assembly
elections from Narsingpur constituency
Baba Balaknath and Renuka Singh are yet
to submit their resignation.
The BJP is scheduled to form the
government in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh after the party
crossed the majority mark in all three States, crushing the Congress.
However, the grand old party emerged as
the victor in Telangana after dealing a lethal blow to K Chandrashekar Rao’s
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
The chief ministers of Rajasthan,
Chhattisgarh and Telangana have handed over their resignation letters to their
respective governors.
The Assembly elections in these States
were considered as the semi-final ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha poll.
NE Watch Desk
