Guwahati: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has resigned as Union Minister of Minority Affairs on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the contributions of Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh earlier today.
Modi’s praise of their efforts was interpreted as a sign that it was their last Cabinet meeting because their time serving as Rajya Sabha MPs was coming to an end on Thursday.
Naqvi and J P Nadda met at the BJP headquarters shortly after the Cabinet meeting.
Naqvi served as the Deputy Leader of the Rajya Sabha in addition to leading the minister for minority affairs. Additionally, the top BJP official was the sole Muslim official in the Narendra Modi-led national administration.