Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has been assigned additional charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare following the resignation of Narendra Singh Tomar from his position as the minister. This decision follows the announcement of results in Madhya Pradesh on December 3, where Tomar emerged victorious from the Dimani seat in the state.
Following his resignation, Arjun Munda, a three-time Chief Minister of Jharkhand and the Tribal Affairs minister since May 2019, has been designated as Tomar’s successor.
On Thursday night, President Droupadi Murmu accepted Tomar’s resignation and assigned the charge of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry to Munda, in addition to his existing portfolio, on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Besides Munda, three other appointments were made in the Union Cabinet following the resignation of Food Processing and Water Development Minister Prahlad Singh Patel and Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh Saruta. They resigned after their election to the MP and Chhattisgarh Assemblies, respectively.
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While Shobha Karandlaje was given the charge of the Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in addition to her existing portfolio, Rajeev Chandrasekhar was assigned charge of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, in addition to his existing portfolios. Bharti Pravin Pawar was assigned the charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio.
The Union Ministers resigned as the BJP decided that all of its MPs recently elected to state assemblies would quit Parliament, amid strong indications that they may join the new governments in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan.
Other MPs who tendered their resignations include Rakesh Singh, Udya Pratap Singh, and Riti Pathak from Madhya Pradesh; Kirodi Lal Meena, Diya Kumari, and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore from Rajasthan; and Gomati Sai and Arun Sao from Chhattisgarh.