Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has resigned his Rajya Sabha seat representing Uttar Pradesh, according to a bulletin issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan has accepted the resignation with effect from November 14, 2026, The Hindu reported.

Source: The Hindu

The move completes the switch that began earlier this month: Puri was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on November 5, after the nomination papers of two other candidates were rejected, leaving him as the sole contender in the by-election — a development Awaaz Punjab reported at the time. A member cannot hold two seats, so the Uttar Pradesh seat had to be vacated.

The Madhya Pradesh seat had fallen vacant following the resignation of former Union Minister of State L. Murugan in October. Puri's tenure from Uttar Pradesh was in any case scheduled to end on November 25, 2026, while his new Madhya Pradesh term will continue until April 2, 2030, the Times of India reported.

Source: Times of India

The Rajya Sabha bulletin, issued by Secretary General P. C. Mody, states that Puri, an elected member of the Council of States representing Uttar Pradesh, resigned his seat and that the resignation has been accepted by the Chairman with effect from November 14. The vacation of the Uttar Pradesh seat will set in motion the process to fill it.

Puri, a former Indian Foreign Service officer, has been a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh since January 2018 and heads the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the Union government.