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Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries Ravneet Singh Bittu resigned from the Union Council of Ministers on Friday, bringing a quiet end to his central stint as he prepares to pivot toward state politics in Punjab.\u00a0President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resignation with immediate effect under Clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution of India.\u00a0<\/p>
The official exit follows the\u00a0expiration\u00a0of Bittu\u2019s Rajya Sabha tenure on June 21, 2026. Nominated from Rajasthan, the 50-year-old leader\u00a0represented\u00a0the Upper House from August 2024 to June 2026.\u00a0<\/p>
Reflecting on his tenure in a post on X, Bittu wrote:\u00a0\u201cI express my heartfelt gratitude to Hon’ble President Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji and Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji for giving me the opportunity to serve the nation as Minister of State in the Government of India.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>
In a\u00a0subsequent\u00a0statement, he added:\u00a0\u201cIt has been an honour to serve the people of India, especially my beloved Punjab. I\u00a0remain\u00a0committed to the ideals of service, nationalism, and the vision of a Viksit Bharat under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji. My journey of public service continues with renewed dedication.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>
The strategic departure aligns with Bittu\u2019s explicit desire to redirect his focus to ground-level politics in his home state ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. Speaking last month, he signalled his intent to transition out of Parliament after\u00a0nearly two\u00a0decades in the national capital:\u00a0<\/p>
“It has been 17 years in Delhi (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha). Now I feel like coming to Vidhan Sabha and work for Punjab.”\u00a0<\/p>
Highlighting the party’s readiness to campaign aggressively across the state, he added:\u00a0“Our entire leadership is present here today and fully ready to serve Punjab. Assign us the task, we will go to villages, street to street for the betterment of the state and will knock on the door of every house. Our real aim is to connect with the people at the ground level by becoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u00a0ji’s\u00a0soldiers.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>
Bittu, the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, built his political career in the Congress, winning three consecutive Lok Sabha terms from Anandpur Sahib in 2009 and Ludhiana in 2014 and 2019. He served as the leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha in 2021 before switching allegiances to the BJP in March 2024 ahead of the general elections.\u00a0<\/p>
Contesting on a BJP ticket from Ludhiana in 2024, Bittu lost to Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring by a margin of 20,942 votes. Despite the electoral setback, the BJP leadership inducted him into the Union Council of Ministers in June 2024 and\u00a0subsequently\u00a0routed him to Parliament via a Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan.\u00a0<\/p>
With the BJP signalling its intent to contest the Punjab Assembly elections independently without\u00a0entering into\u00a0an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, Bittu\u2019s shift back to the state positions him as a prominent face for the party\u2019s outreach efforts across Punjab.<\/p> <\/div>
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