Ahead of Union Cabinet reshuffle and expansion, 12 Union Ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javadekar and DV Sadananda Gowda have resigned from their posts of Council of Ministers. President Ram Nath Kovind, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted the resignation of 12 ministers.

According to a release by the President`s Office, among 12 ministers who resigned include Thaawarchand Gehlot, Ramesh Pokhriyal `Nishank`, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Babul Supriyo, Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao, Rattan Lal Kataria, Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri. This comes ahead of the much-awaited first Union Cabinet expansion after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power for a second term in May 2019.