George Kurian, the Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs, resigned from the council of ministers following the conclusion of his Rajya Sabha tenure.In the most recent Rajya Sabha elections, the BJP chose not to renominate him.Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Tuesday that President Droupadi Murmu had accepted his resignation.
In addition, Kurian was in charge of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairy as a Union Minister of State.According to the statement, the President of India has accepted Kurian's resignation from the Union Council of Ministers with immediate effect, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advice.
Kurian was most likely the only Christian minister in the Union government. On June 21, his Rajya Sabha term came to an end.Despite the fact that their terms were coming to an end, two Union ministers, Kurian and Ravneet Singh Bittu, were not nominated again for the Rajya Sabha elections on June 18.