Only because of Modi I became Union Minister, says George Kurian

Thiruvananthapuram: BJP leader George Kurian, after the acceptance of his resignation as the Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, stated that Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister was the reason he was able to become a minister within the Union Government.

"I had never imagined, not even in my dreams, that I would become a Union Minister. It was only because Narendra Modi became Prime Minister that I was given the opportunity to serve as a Union Minister," wrote Kurian in a Facebook post.

The former Union minister of state, emphasised on the role of the Prime Minister on him attaining his former position and highlighted that President Droupadi Murmu had accepted his resignation.


Kurian, considered the only Christian member of the Union ministry, had included a photograph of himself and the Prime Minister. In the post he thanked Modi for the opportunity when they met on June 22, after which he submitted his resignation. He also stated that his term had ended on June 21 but he was able to meet the Prime Minister only on the following day.

The BJP had decided not to renominate him to the Rajya Sabha in the recent elections, bringing his parliamentary tenure to an end.