Five Ministers have been dropped from the Union Council of Ministers. They are Minister of State for Water Resources Sanwar Lal Jat, Minister of State for Agriculture, Mohanbhai Kundariya , Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Nihal Chand, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Mansukhbhai Vasava and Minister of State for HRD Ram Shankar Katheria. President Pranab Mukherjee has accepted their resignations.