{"id":4835,"date":"2026-07-24T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:31:15","slug":"ravneet-singh-bittu-resigns-from-union-council-of-ministers-president-murmu-accepts-resignation-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=4835","title":{"rendered":"Ravneet Singh Bittu resigns from Union Council of Ministers; President Murmu accepts resignation | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132609048,imgsize-94621,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ravneet-bittu-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Ravneet Singh Bittu resigns from Union Council of Ministers; President Murmu accepts resignation\" title=\"Bittu, a three-time former Congress MP from Punjab, was inducted as a minister of state in the Narendra Modi-led government in June 2024\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Bittu, a three-time former Congress MP from Punjab, was inducted as a minister of state in the Narendra Modi-led government in June 2024\">Bittu, a three-time former Congress MP from Punjab, was inducted as a minister of state in the Narendra Modi-led government in June 2024<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday accepted the resignation of Union minister of state for railways and food processing industries Ravneet Singh Bittu from the Union Council of Ministers with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution of India.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Bittu, a three-time former Congress MP from Punjab, was inducted as a minister of state in the Narendra Modi-led government in June 2024 despite losing the Lok Sabha election from Ludhiana to Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>He had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in March 2024 ahead of the general elections after ending his long association with the Congress.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Union home minister Amit Shah had projected Bittu as an important Sikh face for the BJP during the election campaign in Punjab.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>A grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, who was assassinated in 1995, Bittu had represented Anandpur Sahib in the Lok Sabha in 2009 before winning from Ludhiana in 2014 and 2019.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>During his political career in the Congress, Bittu also served as the party&#8217;s leader in the Lok Sabha and as its whip in the Lower House.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/ravneet-singh-bittu-resigns-from-union-council-of-ministers-president-murmu-accepts-resignation\/articleshow\/132608905.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bittu, a three-time former Congress MP from Punjab, was inducted as a minister of state in the Narendra Modi-led government in June 2024 NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday accepted the resignation of Union minister of state for railways and food processing industries Ravneet Singh Bittu from the Union Council of Ministers with immediate 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