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Rajiv Pratap Rudy resigned from Union Cabinet; Nirmala Sitharaman, Uma Bharti likely to be dropped

Parijat Tripathi

• Last Updated: August 31, 2017, 6:35 PM

In a major reshuffle, senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy was on Thursday asked to resign from the Union Cabinet. Sources said that some MPs from maharashtra, Himachal and Rajasthan are under consideration for induction into the cabinet tentatively on Saturday evening when President Ram Nath Kovind returns to the national capital before Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for China on Sunday afternoon.