New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Dayanidhi Maran and Murli Deora were among the seven MPs dropped from the council of ministers as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh carried out a cabinet reshuffle Tuesday.


Manmohan Singh fowarded the resignation letters of the two along with that of B.K. Handique, M.S. Gill, Kanti Lal Bhuria, A. Sai Prathap and Arun S. Yadav to the president with the recommendation that they may be accepted.