Delhi, July 25: President of India Droupadi Murmu on Saturday accepted the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.

A press communiqué issued by the President’s Secretariat read, “The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan from the Union Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution of India.”