Six Indian Ministers resign

NEW DELHI—Six Ministers of Congress Party resigned on Sunday ahead of cabinet reshuffle expected on Sunday evening.
According to an announcement made on Sunday, among those who tendered resignation were Ministers of State Suresh Pachouri (Personnel), Dasari Narayan Rao (Coal), M V Rajasekharan (Planning), T Subbarami Reddy (Mines), Akhilesh Das (Steel) and Manikrao Gavit (Home).
According to media reports new faces are likely to be inducted in the cabinet including Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada of Congress and Raghunath Jha of RJD.
Pachouri, who is expected to be appointed as chief of Congress in Madhya Pradesh ahead of assembly polls there later this year, and Rajasekharan resigned on the expiry of their terms in Rajya Sabha.—Agencies