GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 6th July. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, resigned as Union Minister of Minority Affairs on Wednesday.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigns as Union Minister of Minority Affairs pic.twitter.com/QNdbqHtvpw
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During today’s Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have praised Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s contribution to the country and people.
Naqvi met BJP president J P Nadda at the party’s headquarters in the national capital shortly after the Cabinet meeting.
Several BJP leaders have recently been elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. However, the party did not give Naqvi a Rajya Sabha ticket.
His term as a Rajya Sabha MP will expire on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Naqvi’s name is doing the rounds for the position of Vice President, the second highest constitutional position.
The Election Commission has already issued a notification for the August 6 polls to elect the 16th Vice President, starting the process of candidates filing nominations.
The term of M Venkaiah Naidu as Vice President ends on August 10.
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