Minority Affairs Minister
Naqvi and Steel Minister Singh submitted their resignations to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day before the completion of their Rajya Sabha
term
resident Ram
Nath Kovind accepted the resignations of Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh with immediate effect, according to a Rashtrapati
Bhavan statement on Wednesday.
Minority
Affairs Minister Naqvi and Steel Minister Singh submitted their resignations to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day before
the completion of their Rajya Sabha term.
According to the Rashtrapati Bhavan statement, “…as
advised by the Prime Minister, the President has directed that Smriti Zubin
Irani, Cabinet Minister, be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority
Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio."
Cabinet Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has been
assigned the charge of the Ministry of Steel, in addition to his existing
portfolio.