BJP MPs who resigned asked to vacate Delhi bungalows within a month: Sources

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New Delhi, Dec 08, 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Parliament (MPs), who had submitted their resignation after winning in the recent assembly polls, have now been asked to vacate their respective government bungalows in Delhi within 30 days, sources have said.

 

On Thursday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said he accepted the resignation of nine Lok Sabha MPs, including Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel, after their electoral win.

Besides the two Union Ministers, the other Lok Sabha MPs who resigned were Rakesh Singh, Udya Pratap Singh and Riti Pathak from Madhya Pradesh, Diya Kumari and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore from Rajasthan, and Gomati Sai and Arun Sao from Chhattisgarh.

Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena has also resigned.

Further, on the advice of the Prime Minister, President Droupadi Murmu gave additional charge of Agriculture Ministry and Farmer’s Welfare to Munda, while Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar was given additional charge of Jal Shakti as MoS.

Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, was assigned the charge of the Minister of State in Food Processing Industries in addition to her existing portfolio.

Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharti Pravin Pawar was given additional charge of the Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Courtesy: India Today