New Delhi, July 24 -- BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu on Friday resigned as Union Minister of State for Railways after his Rajya Sabha tenure ended on June 21.

According to a notification from Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President has accepted his resignation from the Council of Ministers.

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from August 2024 to June 2026 from Rajasthan.

The resignation comes as the BJP gears up for the Punjab Legislative Assembly 2027. Ravneet Bittu is the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Beant Singh.

Ravneet Bittu was a three-time Lok Sabha MP from Congress, before switching to the BJP in 2024, ahead of the General Election.

In the 2017 Assembly elections, Bittu contested the polls on a Congres...