India, Oct. 13 -- L Murugan, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, has resigned from his ministerial position and Rajya Sabha membership, saying he wants to return to grassroots politics and strengthen the BJP in Tamil Nadu.

According to NDTV's sources, Murugan asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relieve him of his ministerial and Rajya Sabha MP responsibilities so he could dedicate himself full-time to building the party at the grassroots level in Tamil Nadu.

'Greatest honour of my life': Murugan

Announcing his decision in a post on X, Murugan described his tenure under Prime Minister Modi's leadership as a great honour.

"It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve Bharat Mata and Tam...