Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader George Kurian has resigned as the Union minister of state (MoS) for minority affairs and fisheries, following the expiration of his six-year Rajya Sabha term.
President Droupadi Murmu has accepted his resignation, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Tuesday.
Kurian, 65, was serving as the minister of state (MoS) in the third union cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since August, 2024.
He is a senior BJP leader who has been a member of the party since its inception in 1980, and has also practised as an Advocate at the Supreme Court of India.
Kurian's Rajya Sabha term expired on June 21, owing to which he had to give up his post.
