Hardeep Puri resigns from UP Rajya Sabha seat after election from Madhya Pradesh

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nion minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat representing Uttar Pradesh, days after being elected unopposed to the Upper House from Madhya Pradesh.

Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan accepted his resignation with effect from November 14, according to an official notification issued by Secretary General P C Mody.

Puri's term as a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh was scheduled to end on November 25.

He was elected unopposed from Madhya Pradesh on November 5 for a term that will continue until April 2, 2030.

Puri was nominated to the seat vacated by former Union minister L Murugan, who resigned last month to strengthen the BJP's organisational presence in Tamil Nadu ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.

Announcing the resignation, Mody said in the notification, "Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, an elected Member of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), representing the state of Uttar Pradesh, resigned his seat in the Rajya Sabha and his resignation has been accepted by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha wef, 14th November, 2026."

With the resignation accepted, Puri will continue his parliamentary tenure as a Rajya Sabha member representing Madhya Pradesh.