FROM UTTAR PRADESH TO MADHYA PRADESH : PURI’S BIG MOVE
Uttar Pradesh : In a significant political development, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat representing Uttar Pradesh, just days after being elected unopposed to the Upper House from Madhya Pradesh.
According to an official notification issued by Rajya Sabha Secretary-General P.C. Mody, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan accepted Puri’s resignation with effect from November 14, 2026. Puri’s term as a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh was originally scheduled to end on November 25, but his election from Madhya Pradesh on November 5 prompted the change.
With his latest election, Puri will now serve a fresh Rajya Sabha term extending until April 2, 2030. He was elected to the Madhya Pradesh seat that became vacant after former Union Minister L. Murugan resigned from the position. Murugan had stepped down as part of the political and organisational developments surrounding the BJP’s efforts to strengthen its party structure in Tamil Nadu.
Puri’s resignation from Uttar Pradesh marks the formal end of his previous Rajya Sabha membership and completes the transition to his new parliamentary representation from Madhya Pradesh. The development is an important political update involving the BJP and the party’s representation in the Upper House of Parliament.
