New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Union Minister of State (MoS) L Murugan on 13 October resigned from the Union government. Murugan, the junior minister in Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, said he wanted to return to his 'grassroots' in Tamil Nadu to strengthen the BJP in the state.

Murugan has also resigned as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP). His resignation has raised speculation about an imminent reshuffle in the Council of Ministers.

This is the third resignation of a Minister of State (MoS) from the Council of Ministers after George Kurian and Ravneet Singh Bittu, who quit in June and July respectively after they were not renominated for Rajya Sabha elections by the BJP.

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