Union minister of state for commerce & power Jairam Ramesh resigned from his post on Wednesday citing involvement with election campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Ramesh, who is a Rajya Sabha member of parliament from Andhra Pradesh, told FE this evening that it would be impossible to give time to party work while continuing as a minister in the government. ?I need to focus fully on election campaigning. It is not easy to handle two ministries and election campaigning at the same time. In fact, it is impossible,? he said.
Ramesh was an important member of the committee that finalised the UPA?s Common Minimum Programme. He is said to be close to Rahul Gandhi.