Hours ahead of the Union Cabinet reshuffle and expansion, 12 ministers including Union Minister Babul Supriyo submitted their resignation on Wednesday. Supriyo, the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, confirmed his resignation through a post on social media, "I have been asked to resign and I have." Not being able to take phone calls of my friends in the media who care for me hence let me spell it out myself... His announcement came hours before a list of 43 new names in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet was made public. "I thank Prime Minister for giving me the privilege to serve my country as a Member of his Council of Ministers," the BJP MP said in his post.

Source: dna July 07, 2021 15:00 UTC