The News Freedom
New Delhi, July 25
Union Minister Prahlad Joshi has been given charge of the Ministry of Education after President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan from the Union Council of Ministers with immediate effect.
According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué, the President accepted Pradhan’s resignation on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi under Article 75(2) of the Constitution.
The President has also assigned Joshi, a Cabinet Minister, the additional charge of the Education Ministry while he continues to hold his existing portfolio as Minister for Consumer Affairs.