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Puri resigns from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat after being re-elected from MP

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Puri resigns from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat after being re-elected from MP

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat representing Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, November 14, 2026, following his recent unopposed re-election to the Upper House from Madhya Pradesh. Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan has accepted the resignation.

Mr. Puri’s previous term from Uttar Pradesh was scheduled to conclude on November 25, while his new tenure from Madhya Pradesh, which began after his election on November 5, is set to end on April 2, 2030. He was nominated to the Madhya Pradesh seat previously held by former Union Minister L.

Murugan, who resigned last month to focus on strengthening the BJP in Tamil Nadu. A notification issued by Secretary General P.C. Mody confirmed that the resignation from the Uttar Pradesh seat is effective as of November 14, 2026.

नेपालीमा

मध्य प्रदेशबाट पुनः निर्वाचित भएपछि पुरीले उत्तर प्रदेशको राज्यसभा सिटबाट राजीनामा दिए

केन्द्रीय मन्त्री हरदीप सिंह पुरीले मध्य प्रदेशबाट माथिल्लो सदनमा हालै निर्विरोध पुनः निर्वाचित भएपछि शनिबार, १४ नोभेम्बर २०२६ मा उत्तर प्रदेशको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने आफ्नो राज्यसभा सिटबाट राजीनामा दिनुभयो। राज्यसभाका अध्यक्ष सी.पी. राधाकृष्णनले राजीनामा स्वीकृत गर्नुभएको छ। उत्तर प्रदेशबाट श्री पुरीको अघिल्लो कार्यकाल २५ नोभेम्बरमा समाप्त हुने तय थियो, जबकि ५ नोभेम्बरमा उहाँको निर्वाचनपछि सुरु भएको मध्य प्रदेशबाट उहाँको नयाँ कार्यकाल २ अप्रिल २०३० मा समाप्त हुनेछ। उहाँलाई पूर्व केन्द्रीय मन्त्री एल. मुरुगनले ओगटेको मध्य प्रदेशको सिटमा मनोनयन गरिएको थियो, जसले तमिलनाडुमा भाजपालाई बलियो बनाउन ध्यान केन्द्रित गर्न गत महिना राजीनामा दिनुभएको थियो। महासचिव पी.सी. मोदीद्वारा जारी सूचनाले उत्तर प्रदेशको सिटबाट राजीनामा १४ नोभेम्बर २०२६ देखि लागू हुने पुष्टि गरेको छ।

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