The release also added that Supriyo had been relieved of the post of minister of state of urban development and housing and urban poverty alleviation. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi assigned independent charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs as Narendra Modi makes more changes to council of ministersNew Delhi: Exactly a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded and reshuffled his council of ministers, two Union ministers—Najma A. Heptulla and G.M. Soon after Modi returned from his Africa tour, the two submitted their resignations on Tuesday. According to senior party leaders, both the Union ministers were scheduled to resign on 5 July, the day the reshuffle happened, but the process got delayed because minority affairs minister Heptulla was out of the country and minister of state for heavy industry Siddeshwara was not in Delhi. According to a government statement, their portfolios have been reassigned subsequently.

Source: Mint July 12, 2016 15:55 UTC