New Delhi, July 24 -- Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries Ravneet Singh Bittu resigned from the Union Council of Ministers on Friday, following which President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resignation with immediate effect, according to an official statement.

The statement mentioned the resignation was accepted by the President on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. President Murmu is currently on a three-nation foreign visit.

"The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of Shri Ravneet Singh from the Union Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution of India," the statement said.

Bittu, who had been ser...