Five MoS dropped from Union council of ministers

New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) Five Ministers of State, including Ram Shankar Katheria and Sanwar Lal Jat, were today 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.