Minority Affairs Minister Dr Najma Heptulla and Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises G.M. Siddeshwara have resigned from the Union Council of Ministers. Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been given the independent charge of the Ministry. <br/><br/>According to President Secretariat press communique, Babul Supriyo, Minister of State has been relieved of the charges of Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. He has been shifted to the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in place of G M Siddeshwara.